Re: Accelerator Transmutation of Waste

[kmq@cosmail1.ctd.ornl.gov (Kim McMahan)]

At 08:44 AM 12/6/96 -0600, Bill Pitchford wrote:
>Move the Nuclide further from the line of stability and the half-life of 
>the "new" material will be shorter.
>
>BIG Problem: cross-sections
>
>Fact, Not Fantasy...
>

Absolutely. Jam a couple of extra neutrons into Sr-90 (Tr = 28 years) and
you have a nuclide with a 2.7 hour half-life. But as you point out, the
cross sections are so small this is probably the most expensive solution
anyone could ever dream up. Not to mention the formerly-stable things that
would get activated along the way!

Kim McMahan
kmq@ornl.gov