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U.S. Plans to Develop and Test Waste Transmutation Technologies.

DE2001784314

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Van Tuyle, G.; Finck, P.
Page Count	8
Abstract	The U.S. effort to develop nuclear waste partitioning and transmutation systems is described. This effort has evolved since the 1999 ATW Road Map to include the possibility of Multi-tier transmutation systems in which much of the plutonium could be fissioned in thermal spectrum power reactors. A set of transmutation system objectives that is being used to cross compare technology options is described. Technology development plans, consistent with the multi-tier approach, are discussed. An assessment of the available infrastructure of people with appropriate expertise and facilities with needed capabilities indicates that emphasis on international collaborations and university involvement will be essential to program success. An integrated test facility, envisioned to provide the ultimate proving ground for transmutation technologies, is also discussed briefly.
Keywords	Accelerator driven transmutation Radioactive wastes Usa Planning Performance testing Power reactors Plutonium Spallation Target
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77G - Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity 46 - Physics
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200208
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36

U.S. Plans to Develop and Test Waste Transmutation Technologies.

U.S. Plans to Develop and Test Waste Transmutation Technologies.
DE2001784314

Publication Date	2001
Personal Author	Van Tuyle, G.; Finck, P.
Page Count	8
Abstract	The U.S. effort to develop nuclear waste partitioning and transmutation systems is described. This effort has evolved since the 1999 ATW Road Map to include the possibility of Multi-tier transmutation systems in which much of the plutonium could be fissioned in thermal spectrum power reactors. A set of transmutation system objectives that is being used to cross compare technology options is described. Technology development plans, consistent with the multi-tier approach, are discussed. An assessment of the available infrastructure of people with appropriate expertise and facilities with needed capabilities indicates that emphasis on international collaborations and university involvement will be essential to program success. An integrated test facility, envisioned to provide the ultimate proving ground for transmutation technologies, is also discussed briefly.
Keywords	Accelerator driven transmutation Radioactive wastes Usa Planning Performance testing Power reactors Plutonium Spallation Target
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77G - Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity 46 - Physics
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200208
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36