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Conference Article: The Italian R&D and industrial programme for an accelerator driven system experimental plant

M. Carta, G. Gherardi, S. Buono, L. Cinotti

Abstract

Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS), coupling an accelerator with a target and a sub-critical reactor, could simultaneously burn minor actinides and transmute long-lived fission products, while producing a consistent amount of electrical energy. A team of Italian R&D organizations and industries has set up a network of coordinated programs addressed to study the design issues of an 80 MWth Experimental Facility. The present memo focalizes the attention on some results obtained by the R&D activities and by the on-going industrial short term activities aiming at the preparation of the proposed preliminary design, leaving the deal to define the details of the subsequent medium term activities to the expected common program in the European context.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Proceedings of a Committee Meeting (TCM) on “Core Physics and Engineering Aspects of Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems for Energy Generation and Transmutation” held in Argonne, Illinois, U.S.A., 28 November - 1 December 2000
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1356, pp:25-36