Re: Accelerator Transmutation of Waste

["K. K. S. Pillay" <s_pillay@lanl.gov>]

There is a comprehensive study of this option made by the National Academy
of science in 1995.  The Title of the publication is...
Nuclear Wastes: Technologies for Separation and Transmutation."  The
Committee that examined this issue concluded that " the Committee found no
evidence that applications of advanced S&T have sufficient benefit to the
U.S. HLW program ......" The original publication is in three volumes and
is available from the National Academy of Science Press.

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>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


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