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Conference Article: Summary: “A roadmap for developing accelerator transmutation of waste (ATW) technology”. A report to Congress

J.C. Bresee (Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, United States of America)

Abstract

The U.S. Congressional Conference Report accompanying the Fiscal Year 1999 Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act directed the U.S. Department of Energy, through its Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, to conduct a study of accelerator transmutation of waste (ATW). It was transmitted to the U.S. Congress on November 1, 1999. The Report to Congress made it clear that the U.S. Administration, in transmitting the report, was not taking a position either way on those recommendations. If an ATW program were to be undertaken in the U.S., the pace and funding would have to be evaluated and planned in light of the currently unproven technologies involved, the potential benefits, and overall Government budget priorities.

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key words: Fast Neutron Spectrum Systems, Nuclear Technology
Reference:
Proceedings of an Advisory Group meeting held inTaejon, Republic of Korea, 1–4 November 1999
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1365, pp:59-63