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Conference Article: Thorium fuel-cycle development through plutonium incineration by THORIMS-NES (Thorium Molten-Salt nuclear energy synergetics)

Furukawa, K. (Tokai Univ., Kanagawa (Japan). Inst. of Research and Development); Mitachi, K. (Toyohashi Univ. of Technology, Toyohashi (Japan). Dept. of Energy Engineering); Lecocq, A. (European Association for Molten-Salt Reactors Development, Orsay (France)); Furuhashi, A. (Nuclear Material Control Center, Tokyo (Japan)); Chigrinov, S.E. (Radiation Physics and Chemical Problems Inst., Minsk (Belarus))

Abstract

Thorium fuel-cycle has benefit on not-only trans-U element reduction but also their incineration. The disadvantage of high gamma activity of fuel, which is useful for improving the resistance to nuclear proliferation and terrorism, can overcome by molten fluorides fuel, and practically by THORIMS-NES, symbiotically coupled with fission Molten-Salt Reactor (FUJI) and fissile-producing Accelerator Molten-Salt Breeder (AMSB). This will have wide excellent advantages in global application, and will be deployed by incinerating Pu and Producing 233U. Some details of this strategy including time schedule are presented.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Advanced fuels with reduced actinide generation.Technical committee meeting, Vienna (Austria). 21-23 Nov 1995
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--916, pp:115-128