Fermilab Project X nuclear energy application [electronic resource] : Accelerator, spallation target and transmutation technology demonstration.
Accelerators.
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Batavia, Ill. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
2011.
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| Summary: | Accelerators. |
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| Abstract: | The recent paper 'Accelerator and Target Technology for Accelerator Driven Transmutation and Energy Production' and report 'Accelerators for America's Future' have endorsed the idea that the next generation particle accelerators would enable technological breakthrough needed for nuclear energy applications, including transmutation of waste. In the Fall of 2009 Fermilab sponsored a workshop on Application of High Intensity Proton Accelerators to explore in detail the use of the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) accelerator technology for Nuclear Energy Applications. High intensity Continuous Wave (CW) beam from the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) Linac (Project-X) at beam energy between 1-2 GeV will provide an unprecedented experimental and demonstration facility in the United States for much needed nuclear energy Research and Development. We propose to carry out an experimental program to demonstrate the reliability of the accelerator technology, Lead-Bismuth spallation target technology and a transmutation experiment of spent nuclear fuel. We also suggest that this facility could be used for other Nuclear Energy applications. |
| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 04/01/2011. "fermilab-conf-11-184" Presented at Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, Knoxville, Tennessee, 3-7 Apr 2011. Gohar, Yousry; Johnson, David; Johnson, Todd; Mishra, Shekhar. DOE Office of Science. |
| Physical Description: | 4 pages : digital, PDF file. |