Fast Reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems Knowledge Base

Working Materials of the Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors

IAEA Workshop on "Technology and Applications of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS)"
Centre for Theoretical hysics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy, 13–17 October 2003

report nr.: TWGFR/122
IAEA-622-I3-TR-26091

The objective of this workshop was to familiarize the students with the status of the R&D activities in the areas of:

General Concept and System Studies
Accelerator
Target
Sub-Critical Core
Fuel Development
Fuel Cycle Studies

Participants were given a review of ADS designs presently under consideration. Participants studied the theoretical foundation of ADS design work, identified the most problematic areas as well as the limitations of the simulation methods. Based on the discussion of the impact of the present uncertainties on the performance of the ADS, the needs for data and methods development and validation work were identified. Eighteen participants from 13 different countries namely (Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Sudan, Slovakia and Turkey) took part in the Workshop.

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