The transmutation of radioactive reactor waste

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dc.contributor.authorHarries, JRen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:24:11Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:36:00Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:24:11Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:36:00Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1974-09en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe feasibility of transmuting the hazardous long-lived radioactive isotopes present in reactor waste to stable or short-lived isotopes is examined. Even to transmute only the most hazardous fission product isotopes, caesium-137 and strontium-90, by protons, electrons or gamma rays requires more electrical energy than the reactor can produce. Neutron transmutation of these fission products would require high neutron fluxes such as might be obtainable from a controlled thermonuclear reactor or a spallation target. The development of both systems is many years in the future, and the spallation system would use almost all of the reactor power output. The neutron transmutation of the transuranic component of the waste is feasible by recycling in nuclear reactors. The transmutation occurs by neutron absorption and fission, so that the waste is converted to a smaller quantity of less hazardous fission product and the fission energy is utilised.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationHarries, J. R. (1974). The transmutation of radioactive reactor waste. (AAEC/E326). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc539en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642996490en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-E-326en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/529en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectFission productsen_AU
dc.subjectThermonuclear reactorsen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectGamma radiationen_AU
dc.subjectTransmutationen_AU
dc.titleThe transmutation of radioactive reactor wasteen_AU
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