Transmutation: reducing the storage time of spent fuel

  • Piotr Mazgaj Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Piotr Darnowski Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology

Abstract

Transmutation is a solution to the reduction of the storage time of spent fuel. The high flux of neutrons are required to do efficient transmutation. Therefore,transmutation can be done only in nuclear reactors. The article shows the concepts of different solutions of transmutations in nuclear reactors. The knowledge of transmutation is supplemented by the information of the spent fuel and its radiotoxicity.

Author Biography

Piotr Mazgaj, Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
PhD Student at Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology.

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Published
2015-01-02
How to Cite
MAZGAJ, Piotr; DARNOWSKI, Piotr. Transmutation: reducing the storage time of spent fuel. Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 94, n. 5, p. 27--34, jan. 2015. ISSN 2083-4195. Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/589>. Date accessed: 02 dec. 2024.

Keywords

transmutation; nuclear waste; accelerator drives systems; fast reactors; radiotoxicity; nuclear spent fuel

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