Hybrid Fusion Reactor for Production of Nuclear Fuel with Minimum Radioactive Contamination of the Fuel Cycle

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作者
Velikhov, E. P. [1 ]
Kovalchuk, M. V. [1 ]
Azizov, E. A. [1 ]
Ignatiev, V. V. [1 ]
Subbotin, S. A. [1 ]
Tsibulskiy, V. F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Kurchatov Inst, Natl Res Ctr, Pl Akad Kurchatova 1, Moscow 123182, Russia
关键词
fuel; natural uranium resources; closed fuel cycle; fusion neutron source; spent fuel recycling radioactivity;
D O I
10.1134/S1063778815100142
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
The paper presents the results of the system research on the coordinated development of nuclear and fusion power engineering in the current century. Considering the increasing problems of resource procurement, including limited natural uranium resources, it seems reasonable to use fusion reactors as high-power neutron sources for production of nuclear fuel in a blanket. It is shown that the share of fusion sources in this structural configuration of the energy system can be relatively small. A fundamentally important aspect of this solution to the problem of closure of the fuel cycle is that recycling of highly active spent fuel can be abandoned. Radioactivity released during the recycling of the spent fuel from the hybrid reactor blanket is at least two orders of magnitude lower than during the production of the same number of fissile isotopes after the recycling of the spent fuel from a fast reactor.
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页码:1134 / 1137
页数:4
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