Title :
Disposition of plutonium in a fusion driven subcritical assembly
Author :
Cheng, E.T. ; Cerbone, R.J. ; Wong, C.P.
Author_Institution :
TSI Res. Inc., Solana Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Fusion is one of the options to destroy weapons and spent-fuel plutonium. A fusion reactor with high temperature helium cooled graphite blanket was investigated as a potential plutonium transmutation reactor. Neutronics performance and plutonium isotopic composition during the burn-up were calculated. In addition to the destruction of a large quantity of plutonium, the cost of electricity for the plutonium transmutation plant can be significantly lower than for a pure fusion power plant
Keywords :
fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor design; plutonium; radioactive waste processing; C; PLUTO; Pu; Pu disposition; Pu transmutation; WPu/actinide transmutation system; burn-up; fusion reactor; graphite blanket; neutronics; subcritical assembly; weapons Pu/actinide transmutation system; Assembly; Costs; Fuels; Inductors; Neutrons; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma temperature; Power generation; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1999. 18th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5829-5
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1999.849908
