IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Activities in the Area of Partitioning and Transmutation Alexander Stanculescu Nuclear Energy Department Nuclear Power Technology Development Section

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November IAEA Activities Implemented in collaboration by IAEA’s Nuclear Power Technology Development and Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Sections Framework given by the Technical Working Groups on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR) and on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options (TWG-NFCO)

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR) TWG-FR working tool to  Promote exchange of information on national and multi-national fast reactor and hybrid systems (e.g., ADS) programs  Stimulate and facilitate collaborative research and development (CRPs)  Coordinate activities with other Agency projects (e.g., in Safety), and international organizations (EC and NEA)

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Membership of the TWG-FR Belarus, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States of America, as well as the EU (EC), and OECD/NEA Observers: Sweden, Turkey

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November TWG-FR Annual Meetings Last meeting held in Vienna, IAEA Headquarters, 10 – 14 May 2004 Next meeting will be hosted by Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), in São Paulo, Brazil, 23 – 27 May 2004

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Recent Accomplishments Information exchange  Thorium fuel utilization: Options and trends (IAEA TECDOC-1319)  Power Reactor and Sub-critical Blanket Systems with Lead and Lead-Bismuth as Coolant and/or Target Material (IAEA TECDOC-1348)  Potential of thorium based fuel cycles to constrain plutonium and reduce long lived waste toxicity (IAEA TECDOC-1349)  Emerging nuclear energy and transmutation systems: core physics and engineering aspects (IAEA TECDOC-1356)  Review of national accelerator driven system programmes for partitioning and transmutation (IAEA TECDOC-1365)

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Recent Accomplishments Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on Potential of Thorium Based Fuel Cycles to Constrain Plutonium and to Reduce Long Lived Waste Toxicity  Results presented at PHYSOR 2002  Final results published in IAEA TECDOC-1349 Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on Use of Thorium Based Fuel Cycles in Accelerator Driven Systems to Incinerate Plutonium and to Reduce Long-term Waste Toxicities  IAEA TECDOC under preparation

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities Information exchange  TECDOC on review of solid and mobile fuels for partitioning and transmutation systems  TECDOC on theoretical and experimental studies of heavy liquid metal thermal hydraulics  TECDOC on comparative assessment of the dynamics and safety characteristics of transmutation systems  TECDOC on the status of accelerator driven systems R&D and technology

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities Compendium on the use of fusion / fission / accelerator based systems for the utilization and transmutation of actinides and long-lived fission products  Description of the technology  Description of the various R&D areas linked to the technology  Summary of the major past, current and planned R&D activities in these areas (worldwide)

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities IAEA Workshop on Technology and Applications of Accelerator Driven Systems, in collaboration with ICTP, Trieste, Italy, October 2005  Main objectives: formation and training  Lectures, tutorials, computer exercises  Participants mostly from Eastern Europe and Asia, but also participation from Africa, Western Europe, and South America  Syllabus: accelerator technology, nuclear data, ADS concepts (design), simulation methods, ADS safety, fuel cycle issues  More information soon available on

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities Coordinated Research Project ( ) on Studies of Advanced Reactor Technology Options for Effective Incineration of Radioactive Waste  Participation from 17 institutions in 13 Member States, and the EC (JRC)  Comparative assessment of the transient behaviour of advanced transmutation systems  Both critical and sub-critical systems to be considered critical liquid metal, and gas cooled fast reactor heavy liquid metal, and gas cooled ADS critical and sub-critical molten salt reactor fusion-fission hybrid sub-critical reactor

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities Coordinated Research Project ( ) on Analytical and Experimental Benchmark Analyses of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS)  Improve understanding of physics of the coupling of external sources with sub-critical cores  Integrated calculation schemes will be used by the participants to perform computational and experimental benchmark analyses  Experimental backing of analytical benchmarks is major objective of the CRP

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Proton beam: 660 MeV, 1.52  A, 1.0 kW Target: lead MOX: 73% UO 2, 27% PuO 2 97% 239 Pu in PuO 2 Total fuel mass ~340 kg K eff  Energetic gain 18.7 Sub-critical blanket power < 19 kW Diameter: - target & fuel ~50 cm - target, fuel & reflectors ~90 cm Sub-critical Assembly Dubna (SAD), ISTC Project #2267

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November YALINA-Booster, ISTC #B070 k eff = – Booster zone 48х48х50 cm Enriched Umet and UO 2 Neutron flux En >0.1 MeV 10 9 n/cm 2 s Moderator Pb Intermediate zone Thickness 3 cm Natural Umet + В 4 С Moderator Pb Thermal zone Thickness 24 cm Enriched UO 2 Moderator polyethylene Reflector graphite Thermal neutron flux with Ti 3 H target 10 9 n/cm 2 s

IAEA 8th IEM on P&T, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9-11 November Ongoing and Planned Activities ADS Research and Development Database  ADS related R&D programs: experimental facilities (existing and planned) and programs, methods and data development, design studies, …  Web based, operational  Data collection started, contributions solicited Request login ID and PW from Data can then be provided on-line, intuitive interface

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