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Mu*STAR: A System to Consume Spent Nuclear Fuel While Economically Generating Nuclear Power |
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- R.P. Johnson, R.J. Abrams, M.A. Cummings, S.A. Kahn, J.D. Lobo, T.J. Roberts
Muons, Inc, Illinois, USA
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Mu*STAR is a superconducting-accelerator driven, subcritical, molten-salt reactor designed to consume the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from today’s commercial fleet of light water reactors. In the process of doing so it will: 1. generate electricity in a cost-competitive manner, 2. significantly reduce the waste-stream volume per Gigawatt-hour generated, 3. greatly reduce the radio-toxic lifetime of the waste stream. As many states and countries now prohibit licensing of new nuclear plants until a national strategy has been established for the long-term disposal of their nuclear waste, Mu*STAR can be an important enabler for new nuclear facilities. This is especially important in the light of climate change, as nuclear energy is the only carbon-free technology for a base-load generation that is readily expandable.
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Poster THPAB364 [0.497 MB]
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※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-THPAB364
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paper received ※ 20 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 12 July 2021 issue date ※ 02 September 2021 |
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