Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors Contributor(s): Nifenecker, H. (Author), Meplan, O. (Author), David, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750307439 ISBN-13: 9780750307437 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: This book describes the knowledge necessary for understanding accelerator driven subcritical nuclear reactors (ADSRs), also known as hybrid reactors. It begins with a discussion of the general energy problem and the elementary physics of neutron reactors. The authors then examine the specifics of ADSR, from neutron sources to safety features, and evaluate a number of proposed designs. Topics include the size of hybrid reactors, fuel evolution with its relevance to safety, waste production and incineration, the conditions for having a constant reactivity over a sufficiently long period of time, waste transmutation policies, and the potential advantage of the Thorium cycle. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Nuclear - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) - Science | Physics - General |
Dewey: 621.483 |
LCCN: 2004297427 |
Series: Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.41" W x 9.31" (1.51 lbs) 326 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book describes the basic knowledge in nuclear, neutron, and reactor physics necessary for understanding the principle and implementation of accelerator driven subcritical nuclear reactors (ADSRs), also known as hybrid reactors. Since hybrid reactors may contribute to future nuclear energy production, the book begins with a discussion of the general energy problem. It proceeds by developing the elementary physics of neutron reactors, including the basic nuclear physics involved. The book then presents computational methods, with special emphasis on Monte Carlo methods. It examines the specifics of ADSR, starting from the neutron spallation source to safety features. A thorough discussion is given on the size of hybrid reactors, which follows very different constraints from that of critical reactors. The possibility to optimize the source importance is examined in detail. The discussion of the fuel evolution follows with its relevance to safety and to the waste production and incineration. The conditions for having a constant reactivity over sufficiently long lapse of time are also discussed. The book also evaluates a number of practical designs that have been proposed. Finally, the last chapter deals with the examination of proposed and possible waste transmutation policies and the role which could be played by ADSR in this context. The potential advantage of the Thorium cycle is discussed as well as different scenarios that could be used to implement it. |