Effect of a Hybrid Fusion Plant Operating in a Fission and Fusion Reactor System on the Fuel Cycle

The paper discusses the prospects of an alternative way to close the fuel cycle, without recycling highly radioactive spent fuel. The essence is the potential production of the fissile isotope 233 U from the isotope 232 Th in a hybrid fusion reactor (HFR). The feasibility of using a hybrid fusion pl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of atomic nuclei 2022-12, Vol.85 (8), p.1342-1349
Hauptverfasser: Andrianova, E. A., Rodionova, E. V., Subbotin, S. A., Schepetina, T. D., Gurin, A. V., Kovalenko, N. A.
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Zusammenfassung:The paper discusses the prospects of an alternative way to close the fuel cycle, without recycling highly radioactive spent fuel. The essence is the potential production of the fissile isotope 233 U from the isotope 232 Th in a hybrid fusion reactor (HFR). The feasibility of using a hybrid fusion plant as a fuel accumulator in the nuclear fuel cycle, and the potential need of the system for hybrid fusion reactors necessary for its closing are estimated. A system in which two technologies, fission and fusion, working together, avoid the difficulties that arise as a result of the independent implementation of each of the technologies under consideration is simulated.
ISSN:1063-7788
1562-692X
DOI:10.1134/S1063778822080038