Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems

These proceedings contain all the technical papers presented at the workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems held on 15-17 March 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany. It included a special session on the EUROTRANS as well as four technical sessions covering current ADS experiments and test facilities, accelerators, neutron sources and subcritical systems.

The accelerator-driven system (ADS) is a potential transmutation system option as part of partitioning and transmutation strategies for radioactive waste in advanced nuclear fuel cycles. The workshop provided experts with a forum to present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the field of ADS and neutron sources.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Executive Summary
Opening and National ADS Programmes
KIT welcome address
NEA Nuclear Science Committee welcome address
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: A unique institution in German research
Outline of check and review on partitioning and transmutation by Atomic Energy Commission of Japan and recommendation for R&D on ADS
The MYRRHA ADS programme in Belgium: A multi-national demonstration programme for incineration of spent nuclear fuel wastes
The EUROTRANS Project: Partitioning and transmutation research in Europe
Special Session: EUROTRANS
Achievements and lessons learnt within the Domain 1 “DESIGN” of the Integrated Project EUROTRANS
EUROTRANS/ECATS or neutronic experiments for the validation of XT-ADS and EFIT monitoring
Minor actinide transmutation in the accelerator-driven system EFIT: Results from fuel developments in Domain AFTRA
Development and assessment of structural materials and heavy liquid metal technologies for transmutation systems (DEMETRA): Highlights on major results
NUDATRA/EUROTRANS nuclear data for nuclear waste transmutation*
Special Lecture
Subcritical thorium reactors
Session I: Current ADS Experiments and Test Facilities
Experiments on injection of spallation neutrons by 100 MeV protons in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly
Experimental validation of the industrial ADS reactivity monitoring using the YALINA-Booster subcritical assembly
Integral Circulation Experiment: Thermal-hydraulic simulator of the ETD primary system
The GUINEVERE experiments at the VENUS facility: Status and perspectives
Experimental investigation of turbulent flow distribution in a hexagonal rod bundle for ADS prototype application
A review of lead-bismuth alloy purification systems with regard to the latest results achieved on STELLA loop
Reliability in liquid lead-bismuth of the 316L and T91 steels: Coupling effects between corrosion and fatigue
Compatibility of different steels and alloys with lead up to 750°C
Session II: Accelerators
Accelerator reference design for the European ADS demonstrator
The 17 MeV injector for the EUROTRANS proton driver
Developments of 350 MHz and 700 MHz prototypical cryomodules for the EUROTRANS ADS proton linear accelerator
Estimation of acceptable beam trip frequencies of accelerators for ADS and comparison with performances of existing accelerators
High-power operational experience at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
Experience with the production of a 1.3 MW proton beam in a cyclotron-based facility
Session III: Neutron Sources
MEGAPIE spallation target: Irradiation of the first prototypical spallation target for future ADS
PSI experience with high-power target design and operation
EURISOL compact liquid metal converter target: Representative prototype design and tests
The Frankfurt Neutron Source – FRANZ 297
Session IV: Subcritical Systems
ADS-related activities at IAEA: From accelerators, neutron sources to fuel cycle and databases
The designs of an experimental ADS facility (XT-ADS) and of a European Industrial Transmutation Demonstrator (EFIT)
XT-ADS windowless spallation target design and corresponding R&D topics
Investigation of safety for accelerator-driven system
Optimisation of the EFIT fuel design
Design and safety studies of an EFIT core with cermet fuel
Fuel rod performance analysis for the Italian LBE-XADS: A comparison of two different cladding materials
Isotope equilibrium in fast thorium reactors
Subcritical minor actinide reduction through transmutation – SMART
A source-efficient ADS for minor actinide burning
Annex 1: Scientific Advisory Committee
Annex 2: List of participants

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