Application of low-energy accelerators in electronuclear systems

In electronuclear systems with high neutron multiplication factors of K-eff >0.94 where the heat generation due to fission reactions essentially exceed s that obtained due to the driving beam of accelerated particles ionization losses appear to be relatively less significant. This makes possible the u se of proton and light ion accelerators with energies of just about several hundred MeV which significantly simplifies the system, makes it cheaper an d provides the possibility of producing much higher currents than those pro duced by high energy machines.