Transmutation of Fission Products
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چکیده
Studies of transmutation of long-lived fission products by accelerator and by fission reactor at PNC are described. Four transmutation methods by accelerators are compared in terms of transmutation energy and transmutation rate. A super-powered electron linear accelerator which could transmute a large quantity of fission products has been studied and development of PNC test linac in this line is shown. Fission reactors for transmutation are also explained. High transmutation rate and small transmutation energy are main requirements for the transmutation of fission products. However, those requirements are difficult to satisfy simultaneously only by accelerator or by fission reactor. Therefore, new transmutation methods which could satisfy both requirements have been also studied at PNC. As the new transmutation methods, moving target method and inertial transmutation method are presented.
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