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Tokamak Fusion Neutron Source for a Fast Transmutation Reactor

J.-P. Floyd, S. M. Jones, M. Kato, J. C. Schultz, B. H. Shrader, J. B. Weathers, W. M. Stacey, Z. W. Friis, R. W. Johnson

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 52 / Number 3 / October 2007 / Pages 727-730

Technical Paper / The Technology of Fusion Energy - Nonelectric Applications / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST07-1

A conceptual design has been developed for a tokamak D-T fusion neutron source, based on ITER physics and technology, for a sub-critical fast reactor that would transmute the fissionable transuranic isotopes in spent nuclear fuel.