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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.
Masanori Hara, Haruna Sakaguchi, Masato Nakayama, Shinsuke Abe, Masao Matsuyama, Takayuki Abe, Tsukasa Aso
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 496-500
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2016.1273708
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The luminescence of Eu(DPA)33- induced by beta particles from tritium decay was measured. The solution of Eu3+ was prepared with europium(III) nitrate hexahydrate and was mixed with a DPA (2, 6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid or dipicolinic acid) solution of pH 11 to yield Eu(DPA)33-. The formation of Eu(DPA)33- was confirmed through spectrometry. Tritiated water was added to the prepared solution of Eu(DPA)33-. The luminescence intensity is proportional to the amount of tritium. In this paper we demonstrate the potential of this Eu complex as an inorganic liquid scintillator.