A Subcritical, Gas-Cooled Fast Transmutation Reactor with a Fusion Neutron Source

W. M. Stacey; V. L. Beavers; W. A. Casino; J. R. Cheatham; Z. W. Friis; R. D. Green; W. R. Hamilton; K. W. Haufler; J. D. Hutchinson; W. J. Lackey; R. A. Lorio; J. W. Maddox; J. Mandrekas; A. A. Manzoor; C. A. Noelke; C. de Oliveira; M. Park; D. W. Tedder; M. R. Terry; E. A. Hoffman

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A Subcritical, Gas-Cooled Fast Transmutation Reactor with a Fusion Neutron Source

W. M. Stacey, V. L. Beavers, W. A. Casino, J. R. Cheatham, Z. W. Friis, R. D. Green, W. R. Hamilton, K. W. Haufler, J. D. Hutchinson, W. J. Lackey, R. A. Lorio, J. W. Maddox, J. Mandrekas, A. A. Manzoor, C. A. Noelke, C. de Oliveira, M. Park, D. W. Tedder, M. R. Terry, E. A. Hoffman

Nuclear Technology / Volume 150 / Number 2 / May 2005 / Pages 162-188

Technical Paper / Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT05-A3614

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A design is presented for a subcritical, He-cooled fast reactor, driven by a tokamak D-T fusion neutron source, for the transmutation of spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The reactor is fueled with coated transuranic (TRU) particles and is intended for the deep-burn (>90%) transmutation of the TRUs in SNF without reprocessing of the coated fuel particles. The reactor design is based on the materials, fuel, and separations technologies under near-term development in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Energy Program and on the plasma physics and fusion technologies under near-term development in the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Program, with the objective of intermediate-term (~2040) deployment. The physical and performance characteristics and research and development requirements of such a reactor are described.