Re: Accelerator Transmutation of Waste

[Bob Flood <bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

At 04:15 PM 12/6/96 -0600, you wrote:
>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!
>

However, there is an inefficient and awkward way to do everything, and our
government will spare no expense finding and implementing...


Bob Flood
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(415) 926-3793     bflood@slac.stanford.edu
Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.