Yield of long-lived fission product transmutation using proton-, deuteron-, and alpha particle-induced spallation

Meng-Ting Jin; Su-Yang Xu; Guan-Ming Yang; Jun Su

doi:10.1007/s41365-021-00933-8

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Yield of long-lived fission product transmutation using proton-, deuteron-, and alpha particle-induced spallation

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- Yield of long-lived fission product transmutation using proton-, deuteron-, and alpha particle-induced spallation
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 32, Issue 9, Article number: 96(2021)
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  1.Sino-French Institute for Nuclear Energy and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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  Jun Su sujun3@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s41365-021-00933-8
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Meng-Ting Jin, Su-Yang Xu, Guan-Ming Yang, et al. Yield of long-lived fission product transmutation using proton-, deuteron-, and alpha particle-induced spallation. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 32(9):96(2021)
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Meng-Ting Jin, Su-Yang Xu, Guan-Ming Yang, et al. Yield of long-lived fission product transmutation using proton-, deuteron-, and alpha particle-induced spallation. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 32(9):96(2021) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-021-00933-8.

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Abstract

The transmutation of long-lived fission products through spallation induced by light nuclides was investigated for the purpose of determining the feasibility of this approach for long-lived fission products, in both economic and environmental terms. The cross-section data were obtained from the TALYS Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (TENDL). A thick target model was used to study the consumption of the target isotopes in the transmutation process. The transmutation yield was calculated using the highest beam intensity available with the China initiative Accelerator Driven System. It was found that the light nuclide-induced spallation reaction can significantly reduce the radio toxicity of the investigated long-lived fission products. Using the transmutation target made of elemental LLFP and the proton beam with an intensity of 5 mA, the consumption of ,90,Sr,93,Zr,107,Pd, or ,137,Cs can reach approximately 500 g per year.

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TransmutationLong-lived fission productsSpallation

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