1st Edition
Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors
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CRC Press
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CRC Press
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This book describes the basic knowledge in nuclear, neutron, and reactor physics necessary for understanding the principle and implementation of accelerator driven subcritical nuclear reactors (ADSRs), also known as hybrid reactors. Since hybrid reactors may contribute to future nuclear energy production, the book begins with a discussion of the general energy problem. It proceeds by developing... Read more
INTRODUCTION
THE ENERGY ISSUE
World Energy Perspectives
Renewable energies
Nuclear Energy
Costs
The Possible Role of Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors
ELEMENTARY REACTOR THEORY
Interaction of Neutrons with Nuclei
Neutron Propagation
Neutron Multiplying Assemblies
Limiting Values
Reactor Control
Fuel Evolution
Basics of Waste Transmutation
ADSRS PRINCIPLES
Properties of the Multiplying Medium
PRACTICAL SIMULATION METHODS
Neutron Reaction Data Files
Deterministic Methods
Monte-Carlo Codes
Physics in MCNP
MCNP in Practice
Examples
Fuel evolution
THE NEUTRON SOURCE
Interaction of Protons with Matter
Alternative Primary Neutron Production
Experimental Determination of the Energy Gain
Two Stage Neutron Multipliers
High Intensity Accelerators
ADSR KINETICS
REACTIVITY EVOLUTIONS
Long Term Evolutions
Short Term Reactivity Excursions
FUEL REPROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Basics of Reprocessing
Wet Processes
Dry Processes
GENERIC PROPERTIES OF ADSRS
The Homogeneous Spherical Reactor
Parametric Study of Heterogeneous Systems
WASTE INCINERATION
The Thorium-Uranium Cycle
Incineration
GROUND LAYING PROPOSALS
Solid Fuel Reactors
Molten Salt Reactors
Cost Estimates
SCENARIOS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADSRS
Experiments
Demonstrators
APPENDIX A: DEEP UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE
Determining the Dose to the Population
Accidental Intrusion
Heat Production and Sizing of the Storage Site
Geological Hazard
An Underground Laboratory, What For?
APPENDIX B: THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AND THE RMBK REACTORS
The RBMK-1000 Reactor
Events leading to the accident
The accident
APPENDIX C: BASICS OF ACCELERATOR PHYSICS
Linear Accelerators
Cyclotrons
Superconductive solutions
Space Charge Limitations
INDEX
THE ENERGY ISSUE
World Energy Perspectives
Renewable energies
Nuclear Energy
Costs
The Possible Role of Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors
ELEMENTARY REACTOR THEORY
Interaction of Neutrons with Nuclei
Neutron Propagation
Neutron Multiplying Assemblies
Limiting Values
Reactor Control
Fuel Evolution
Basics of Waste Transmutation
ADSRS PRINCIPLES
Properties of the Multiplying Medium
PRACTICAL SIMULATION METHODS
Neutron Reaction Data Files
Deterministic Methods
Monte-Carlo Codes
Physics in MCNP
MCNP in Practice
Examples
Fuel evolution
THE NEUTRON SOURCE
Interaction of Protons with Matter
Alternative Primary Neutron Production
Experimental Determination of the Energy Gain
Two Stage Neutron Multipliers
High Intensity Accelerators
ADSR KINETICS
REACTIVITY EVOLUTIONS
Long Term Evolutions
Short Term Reactivity Excursions
FUEL REPROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Basics of Reprocessing
Wet Processes
Dry Processes
GENERIC PROPERTIES OF ADSRS
The Homogeneous Spherical Reactor
Parametric Study of Heterogeneous Systems
WASTE INCINERATION
The Thorium-Uranium Cycle
Incineration
GROUND LAYING PROPOSALS
Solid Fuel Reactors
Molten Salt Reactors
Cost Estimates
SCENARIOS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADSRS
Experiments
Demonstrators
APPENDIX A: DEEP UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE
Determining the Dose to the Population
Accidental Intrusion
Heat Production and Sizing of the Storage Site
Geological Hazard
An Underground Laboratory, What For?
APPENDIX B: THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AND THE RMBK REACTORS
The RBMK-1000 Reactor
Events leading to the accident
The accident
APPENDIX C: BASICS OF ACCELERATOR PHYSICS
Linear Accelerators
Cyclotrons
Superconductive solutions
Space Charge Limitations
INDEX
Biography
H Nifenecker, O Meplan, S David
