Transmutation capabilities of the CERN Energy Amplifier System

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 606-616

  Kadi, Yacine ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy Amplifier; Long lived fission fragments; Nuclear waste; Proton accelerator; Sub critical systems; Transmutation

Indexed keywords

FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ADIABATIC RESONANCE CROSSING (ARC); ENERGY AMPLIFIERS; LONG-LIVED FISSION FRAGMENTS; SUB-CRITICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSMUTATION;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 36549088149     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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