Title :
Energy Production from Neutron-rich Uranium and Thorium Isotopes
Author :
Panda, R.N. ; Bhuyan, M. ; Patra, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Siksha O Anusandhan Univ., Bhubaneswar, India
Abstract :
The structural properties of the recently predicted thermally fissile neutron-rich Uranium and Thorium isotopes are studied using the relativistic mean field formalism. The investigation of the new phenomena of multifragmentation fission is analysed. In addition to the fission properties, the total reaction cross-section of these nuclei are evaluated taking 6,11Li as projectiles. The possible use of nuclear fuel in an accelerator based reactor is discussed which may be the substitution of 233,235U and 239Pu for nuclear fuel in near future.
Keywords :
fission of uranium; heavy ion-nucleus reactions; neutron-nucleus reactions; nuclear fragmentation; nuclei with mass number 220 or higher; 232Th(n,X); 258U(11Li,X); 258U(6Li,X); 260Th(11Li,X); 260Th(6Li,X); accelerator based reactor; energy production; multifragmentation fission; nuclear fuel; nuclei total reaction cross-section; relativistic mean held formalism; thermally fissile neutron-rich thorium isotope; thermally fissile neutron-rich uranium isotope; Frequency modulation; Inductors; Isotopes; Mathematical model; Neutrons; Power generation; Projectiles;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Education: Innovative Practices and Future Trends (AICERA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kottayam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2267-6
DOI :
10.1109/AICERA.2012.6306720
