Efficient burnup of minor actinides is one of the most promising alternatives for minimizing waste in advanced nuclear fuel cycles. This work examines the concept of employing a Z-pinch driven fusion source in a sub-critical transmutation reactor designed to burn up actinides and generate constant power. Its fuel cycle is designed to allow on-line fission product removal and fuel replenishment....

We have used genetic and molecular techniques to investigate the interactions among genes required for the initiation and regulation of septum formation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Our data suggest that the products of the cdc7, cdc11, cdc14 and cdc16 genes interact. These activities may regulate the function of the cdc15 gene product. A model for the control of septation in fission yeast is ...

Background: The cross section for forming a heavy evaporation residue in fusion reactions depends on the capture cross section, the fusion probability, PCN, i.e., the probability that the projectile-target system will evolve inside the fission saddle point to form a completely fused system rather than reseparating (quasifission), and the survival of the completely fused system against fission. ...

Background: At energies above the capture barrier, coupled-channels (CC) calculations with a standard nuclear potential diffuseness (0.65 fm) increasingly overestimate experimental cross section as charge product (${Z}_{1}{Z}_{2}$) of colliding nuclei increases. It has been suggested this may be linked to energy dissipation outside barrier.Purpose: We investigate quantitatively role in suppress...

The study of fission yields has a major impact on the characterization and understanding process its applications. products have direct influence amount neutron poisons that limit fuel burnup evaluation decay heat reactor after shutdown. Fission yield represents synthesis experimental theoretical knowledge in order to perform best estimation mass independent product yields. Today, lack correlat...