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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
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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.
Rachel Lawless, Barry Butler, Anthony Hollingsworth, Patrick Camp, Rebecca Shaw
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 679-686
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1290948
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Any future European DEMO reactor which is based upon the D-T fusion reaction will require a tritium plant to reprocess gases such that they can be effectively resupplied to the tokamak fueling systems, and to protect the environment and personnel from tritium releases. The plant must also be designed to allow replacement of burnt fuel with tritium and deuterium. This document outlines the preliminary stages of the design of the European DEMO tritium plant, from initial interface and requirements determination, through to identification of required subsystems and proposal of a new tritium plant architecture. It then goes on to cover the review, assessment and selection of potential technologies for each tritium plant subsystem.
Where possible, a proposed technology is put forward. Elsewhere the required further research is identified.