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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
M. Zucchetti, M. Riva, B. Coppi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 68 | Number 3 | October 2015 | Pages 512-515
Technical Paper | Proceedings of TOFE-2014 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-960
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The IGNIR collaboration between Italy and Russia is centred on the construction of the core of the Ignitor machine in Italy and its installation and operation within the TRINITI site (Troitsk, Russia). A Preliminary Safety Report is under preparation for the siting of the Ignitor experiment in Troitsk. A specific site has been selected, with characteristics determined from informations regarding TRINITI. This site has many positive characteristics, such as the presence of electrical facilities because of nearby distribution nodes, and the full availability of the required room for the arrangement of all Ignitor buildings. The results of the analyses, both regarding doses to population and personnel, and other environmental impacts, show that the TRINITI site in Troitsk is a consistent choice for Ignitor localisation, according to the safety and the environmental impact point of view.