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Spent Nuclear Fuel and Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Systems
β Scribed by Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 153
- Series
- Green Energy and Technology
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels, and discusses the applications of radiation, particularly spallation neutrons and gamma rays. The unspent nuclear fuel of a reactor amounts to roughly 95 per cent of the loaded fuel. It contains both fertile and fissile fuels, minor and higher actinides and radioactive fission products. In 2015, out of approximately 4 million metric tons of spent fuel, only 90,000 metric tons was reprocessed worldwide; the rest was either sent to repositories, kept for cooling down, or put on a waiting list for future reprocessing. With regard to the direct reutilization of spent nuclear fuel, the new technique of βEnergy Amplifiersβ has attracted considerable attention among the nuclear energy community. Presenting extensive information on this technique, the book is divided into eight major sections: (i) spent nuclear fuel and alternative transmutation methods, (ii) general concept of accelerator-driven subcritical systems (ADSS), (iii) spallation neutron sources and the possibility of incineration, (iv) requirements for nuclear data, (v) transmutation of spent nuclear fuel and extension of the fuel cycle, (vi) spallation neutron production facilities, (vii) major experimental facilities for ADSS, and (viii) software tools for the design and modelling of ADSS. The book is ideally suited as a textbook for graduate students as well as a reference guide for researchers and practitioners.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Spent Nuclear Fuel and Alternative Methods of Transmutation (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 1-19
Special Hybrid Systems and Molten-Salt Reactors (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 21-30
Spallation Neutron Source, Multiplication and Possibility of Incineration (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 31-52
Requirement of Nuclear Data (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 53-65
Transmutation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Extension of a Fuel Cycle (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 67-80
Major Experimental Facilities for Development of Accelerator-Driven Subcritical System (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 81-121
Radiation Damage and Development of a MC Software Tool (Vinod Kumar Verma, Karel Katovsky)....Pages 123-144
β¦ Subjects
Energy; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Engineering; Particle and Nuclear Physics
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