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A summary of the status of the development of accelerator spallation reactors for breeding fissile fuel and for transmuting fission products is presented. The development of linear accelerators for generating protons in the GeV range and the subsequent spallation-reaction production of neutrons are reviewed. Target-reactor designs for production of fissile fuel and the advantages and disadvantages of the various applications of the spallation reactors are given. The linear accelerator fuel enricher-generator (LAFER) can supply significant amounts of fissile fuel to conventional light water reactors (LWRs) in an economical manner. A fuel cycle is designed which recycles the transuranics and long-lived fission products for transmutation and waste management.
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Steinberg, M. (1983). Accelerator Spallation Reactors for Breeding Fissile Fuel and Transmuting Fission Products. In: Bauer, G.S., McDonald, A. (eds) Nuclear Technologies in a Sustainable Energy System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81988-9_14
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