Abstract
The EUROTRANS project is an integrated project in the 6th European Framework Program in the context of Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T). The objective of this project is the step-wise approach to a European
Transmutation Demonstration. This project aims to deliver an advanced design of a small-scale Accelerator Driven System (ADS), XT-ADS, as well as the conceptual design of a European Facility for Industrial Transmutation, EFIT. The main objectives of the XT-ADS are: demonstration of the ADS concept, provide a test facility for transmutation and provide irradiation possibilities in conditions representative for EFIT operating conditions. The latter allows the use of the XT-ADS as a structural material testing facility as well as
an aid for the fuel qualification for EFIT. The XT-ADS core is based on MOX fuel with relatively high Pucontent and is cooled using a Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE). The combination of these two components results in a fast spectrum core. Using both stochastic and deterministic neutronic codes, a core is designed which can house up to eight experimental positions, the in-pile-positions, which are accessible through the cover of the reactor. This allows for retrieval during cycles but also the possibility to design dedicated irradiation loops. A five-step outward-to-inward reshuffling scheme allows a flexible operation of the machine.
Transmutation Demonstration. This project aims to deliver an advanced design of a small-scale Accelerator Driven System (ADS), XT-ADS, as well as the conceptual design of a European Facility for Industrial Transmutation, EFIT. The main objectives of the XT-ADS are: demonstration of the ADS concept, provide a test facility for transmutation and provide irradiation possibilities in conditions representative for EFIT operating conditions. The latter allows the use of the XT-ADS as a structural material testing facility as well as
an aid for the fuel qualification for EFIT. The XT-ADS core is based on MOX fuel with relatively high Pucontent and is cooled using a Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE). The combination of these two components results in a fast spectrum core. Using both stochastic and deterministic neutronic codes, a core is designed which can house up to eight experimental positions, the in-pile-positions, which are accessible through the cover of the reactor. This allows for retrieval during cycles but also the possibility to design dedicated irradiation loops. A five-step outward-to-inward reshuffling scheme allows a flexible operation of the machine.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International conference on Physics of Reactors 2008 |
| Subtitle of host publication | PHYSOR 08 |
| Place of Publication | Interlaken, Switzerland |
| Pages | 2110-2115 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Edition | PHYSOR 08 |
| State | Published - 2011 |