The actinides being in a fluid form eliminates the needfor expensive
fuel fabrication and allows for continuous refueling, removal of
fission products, and tritium breeding to sustain the fusion driver.
The continuous refueling also eliminates the need for fueling shutdowns.
Detailed neutronic and isotope tracking calculations show
that the reactor has the capability of burning 1280 kg of actinides
per year while at the same time producing a significant amount of
power. There are two key advantages of burning actinides in a fluid,
sub-critical blanket. The first is that there is no need to have fertile
fuel (like 238U) in the blanket. This means that the blanket contains
only transuranics (e.g. Np, Am, and Cm), so it burns waste with
the maximum efficiency. The second advantage is that the blanket
can be fueled with virtually any transuranic mix depending on
the fuel cycle of the future. Therefore it has much more flexibility
than a fast reactor and the sub-critical configuration allows unique
actinide mixtures to be burned safely without the need to worry
about reactor control issues or the possibility of a prompt-critical
excursion
The actinides being in a fluid form eliminates the needfor expensivefuel fabrication and allows for continuous refueling, removal offission products, and tritium breeding to sustain the fusion driver.The continuous refueling also eliminates the need for fueling shutdowns.Detailed neutronic and isotope tracking calculations showthat the reactor has the capability of burning 1280 kg of actinidesper year while at the same time producing a significant amount ofpower. There are two key advantages of burning actinides in a fluid,sub-critical blanket. The first is that there is no need to have fertilefuel (like 238U) in the blanket. This means that the blanket containsonly transuranics (e.g. Np, Am, and Cm), so it burns waste withthe maximum efficiency. The second advantage is that the blanketcan be fueled with virtually any transuranic mix depending onthe fuel cycle of the future. Therefore it has much more flexibilitythan a fast reactor and the sub-critical configuration allows uniqueactinide mixtures to be burned safely without the need to worryabout reactor control issues or the possibility of a prompt-criticalexcursion
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