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Hybrid systems for transuranic waste transmutation in nuclear power reactors: state-of-the art and future prospects

 a, b, c,  a, b, c
a Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prosp. akad. Lavrenteva 11, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
b Nuclear Safety Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bolshaya Tulskaya 52, Moscow, 113191, Russian Federation
c Novosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation

The features of subcritical hybrid systems (HSs) are discussed in the context of burning up transuranic wastes from the U—Pu fuel cycle. The advantages of HSs over conventional atomic reactors are considered, and fuel cycle closure alternatives using HSs and fast neutron reactors are comparatively evaluated. The advantages and disadvantages of two HS types with neutron sources (NSs) of a widely different nature — nuclear spallation in a heavy target by protons and nuclear fusion in magnetically confined plasma — are discussed in detail. The strengths and weaknesses of HSs are examined, and demand for them for closing the U—Pu fuel cycle is assessed.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201411f.1237
PACS: 28.41.−i, 28.65.+a, 29.25.Dz, 52.55.Fa, 52.55.Jd (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201411f.1237
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/11/e/
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Citation: Yurov D V, Prikhodko V V "Hybrid systems for transuranic waste transmutation in nuclear power reactors: state-of-the art and future prospects" Phys. Usp. 57 1118–1129 (2014)
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@article{Yurov:2014,
	author = {D. V. Yurov and V. V. Prikhodko},
	title = {Hybrid systems for transuranic waste transmutation in nuclear power reactors: state-of-the art and future prospects},
	publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},
	year = {2014},
	journal = {Phys. Usp.},
	volume = {57},
	number = {11},
	pages = {1118-1129},
	url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/11/e/},
	doi = {10.3367/UFNe.0184.201411f.1237}
}

Received: 18th, December 2013, revised: 12th, August 2014, 2nd, September 2014

Оригинал: Юров Д В, Приходько В В «Гибридные системы для дожигания трансурановых отходов атомных энергетических установок: состояние исследований и перспективы» УФН 184 1237–1248 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201411f.1237

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