发明名称 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DESTRUCTION |
摘要 |
A method for transmuting spent fuel from a nuclear reactor includes the step of separating the waste into components including a driver fuel component and a transmutation fuel component. The driver fuel, which includes fissile materials such as Plutonium<239>, is used to initiate a critical, fission reaction in a reactor. The transmutation fuel, which includes non-fissile transuranic isotopes, is transmuted by thermal neutrons generated during fission of the driver fuel. The system is designed to promote fission of the driver fuel and reduce neutron capture by the driver fuel. Reacted driver fuel is separated into transuranics and fission products using a dry cleanup process and the resulting transuranics are mixed with transmutation fuel and re-introduced into the reactor. Transmutation fuel from the reactor is introduced into a second reactor for further transmutation by neutrons generated using a proton beam and spallation target. |
申请公布号 |
WO2004040588(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2004.05.13 |
申请号 |
WO2003US33315 |
申请日期 |
2003.10.21 |
申请人 |
GENERAL ATOMICS |
发明人 |
VENNERI, FRANCESCO;BAXTER, ALAN, M.;RODRIGUEZ, CARMELO;MCEACHERN, DONALD;FIKANI, MIKE |
分类号 |
G21F9/00;G21F;G21F1/00;G21G1/00;G21G1/06;G21G1/10;G21K5/08;H05H3/06;H05H6/00 |
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G21F9/00 |
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