Introduction / 1: |
The energy issue / 2: |
World energy perspectives / 2.1: |
Energy consumptions / 2.1.1: |
Fossil reserves / 2.1.2: |
Greenhouse effect / 2.1.3: |
Renewable energies / 2.2: |
Solar energy / 2.2.1: |
Biomass / 2.2.2: |
Wind energy / 2.2.3: |
Hydroelectricity / 2.2.4: |
Nuclear energy / 2.3: |
Standard reactors / 2.3.1: |
Breeder reactors / 2.3.2: |
Nuclear waste disposal options / 2.3.3: |
Deployment of a breeder park / 2.3.4: |
Costs / 2.4: |
The possible role of accelerator driven subcritical reactors / 2.5: |
Safety advantages of subcriticality / 2.5.1: |
Use of additional neutrons / 2.5.2: |
Elementary reactor theory / 3: |
Interaction of neutrons with nuclei / 3.1: |
Elementary processes / 3.1.1: |
Properties of heavy nuclei / 3.1.2: |
Neutron density, flux and reaction rates / 3.1.3: |
Neutron propagation / 3.2: |
Boltzmann equation / 3.2.1: |
Integral form of the Boltzmann equation / 3.2.2: |
Fick's law / 3.2.3: |
Diffusion equation / 3.2.4: |
Slowing down of neutrons / 3.2.5: |
Neutron multiplying assemblies / 3.3: |
Limiting values / 3.4: |
Critical masses / 3.4.1: |
Maximum flux / 3.4.2: |
Reactor control / 3.5: |
Delayed neutrons / 3.5.1: |
Temperature dependence of the reactivity / 3.5.2: |
Critical trip / 3.5.3: |
Residual heat extraction / 3.5.4: |
Fuel evolution / 3.6: |
The Bateman equations / 3.6.1: |
The long-term fuel evolutions / 3.6.2: |
Basics of waste transmutation / 3.7: |
Radiotoxicities / 3.7.1: |
Neutron balance for transmutation and incineration / 3.7.2: |
ADSR principles / 4: |
Properties of the multiplying medium / 4.1: |
Energy gain / 4.1.1: |
Neutron balance / 4.1.2: |
Neutron importance / 4.1.3: |
Practical simulation methods / 5: |
Neutron reaction data files / 5.1: |
Determinstic methods / 5.2: |
Monte Carlo codes / 5.3: |
Deterministic versus Monte Carlo simulation codes / 5.3.1: |
MCNP, a well validated Monte Carlo code / 5.3.2: |
Physics in MCNP / 5.4: |
Precision and variance reduction / 5.4.1: |
MCNP in practice / 5.5: |
Units / 5.5.1: |
Input file structure / 5.5.3: |
Examples / 5.6: |
Reactivity calculation / 5.6.1: |
Homogeneous versus heterogeneous cores / 5.6.2: |
Subcritical core / 5.6.3: |
Precision / 5.6.4: |
Evolution constraint / 5.7: |
Spatial flux / 5.7.2: |
Special cross-section data / 5.7.3: |
Time step between two MCNPs / 5.7.4: |
The neutron source / 6: |
Interaction of protons with matter / 6.1: |
Electronic energy losses / 6.1.1: |
Nuclear stopping / 6.1.2: |
The nuclear cascade / 6.1.3: |
Experimental tests of the INC models / 6.1.4: |
State of the art of the simulation codes / 6.1.5: |
Alternative primary neutron production / 6.2: |
Deuteron induced neutron production / 6.2.1: |
Muon catalysed fusion / 6.2.2: |
Electron induced neutron production / 6.2.3: |
Experimental determination of the energy gain / 6.3: |
Two-stage neutron multipliers / 6.4: |
High-intensity accelerators / 6.5: |
State of the art of high-intensity accelerators / 6.5.1: |
Requirements for ADSR accelerators / 6.5.2: |
Perspectives for high-intensity accelerators for ADSRs / 6.5.3: |
Examples of high-intensity accelerator concepts / 6.5.4: |
ADSR kinetics / 7: |
Reactivity evolutions / 8: |
Long-term evolutions / 8.1: |
Short-term reactivity excursions / 8.2: |
Protactinium effect / 8.2.1: |
Xenon effect / 8.2.2: |
Temperature effect / 8.2.3: |
Impact of reactivity excursions / 8.2.4: |
Fuel reprocessing techniques / 9: |
Basics of reprocessing / 9.1: |
Wet processes / 9.2: |
The purex process / 9.2.1: |
Dry processes / 9.3: |
Vaporization / 9.3.1: |
Gas purge / 9.3.2: |
Liquid-liquid extraction / 9.3.3: |
Selective precipitation / 9.3.4: |
Electrolysis / 9.3.5: |
Generic properties of ADSRs / 10: |
The homogeneous spherical reactor / 10.1: |
General solution of the diffusion equation / 10.1.1: |
The three-zone reactor / 10.1.2: |
Model calculations / 10.1.3: |
Parametric study of heterogeneous systems / 10.2: |
Role of hybrid reactors in fuel cycles / 11: |
The thorium-uranium cycle / 11.1: |
Radiotoxicity / 11.1.1: |
Breeding rates / 11.1.2: |
Doubling time / 11.1.3: |
Transition towards a [superscript 232]Th-based fuel from the PWR spent fuel, using a fast spectrum and solid fuel / 11.1.4: |
Thorium cycle with thermal spectrum / 11.1.5: |
Incineration / 11.2: |
Plutonium incineration / 11.2.1: |
Minor actinide incineration / 11.2.2: |
Initial reactivity of MA fuels / 11.2.3: |
Solid versus liquid fuels / 11.2.4: |
The paradox of minor actinide fuels / 11.2.6: |
Ground laying proposals / 12: |
Solid fuel reactors / 12.1: |
Lead cooled ADSR: the Rubbia proposal / 12.1.1: |
Molten salt reactors / 12.2: |
The Bowman proposal / 12.2.1: |
The TIER concept / 12.2.2: |
Cost estimates / 12.3: |
Scenarios for the development of ADSRs / 13: |
Experiments / 13.1: |
The FEAT experiment / 13.1.1: |
The MUSE experiment / 13.1.2: |
Demonstrators / 13.2: |
Japan / 13.2.1: |
United States / 13.2.2: |
Europe / 13.2.3: |
Deep underground disposal of nuclear waste / Appendix I: |
Model of an underground disposal site / I.1: |
Radioelement diffusion in geological layers / I.1.2: |
Physical model of diffusion in the clay layer / I.1.3: |
Simplified solution of the diffusion problem through the clay layer / I.1.4: |
Solubility as a limiting factor of the flow of radioactive nuclei / I.1.5: |
Determining the dose to the population / I.2: |
Some dose determination examples / I.2.1: |
Full computation example of the dose at the outlet / I.2.2: |
Accidental intrusion / I.3: |
Drilled samples / I.3.1: |
Using the well to draw drinking water / I.3.2: |
Heat production and sizing of the storage site / I.4: |
Schematic determination of the temperature distribution / I.4.1: |
Geological hazard / I.4.2: |
An underground laboratory. What for? / I.6: |
Conclusion / I.7: |
The Chernobyl accident and the RMBK reactors / Appendix II: |
The RBMK-1000 reactor / II.1: |
Events leading to the accident / II.2: |
The accident / II.3: |
Basics of accelerator physics / Appendix III: |
Linear accelerators / III.1: |
The Wideroe linear accelerator / III.1.1: |
The Alvarez or drift tube linac (DTL) / III.1.2: |
Phase stability / III.1.3: |
Beam focusing / III.1.4: |
The radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) / III.1.5: |
Cyclotrons / III.2: |
Superconductive solutions / III.3: |
Space charge limitations / III.4: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
The energy issue / 2: |
World energy perspectives / 2.1: |
Energy consumptions / 2.1.1: |
Fossil reserves / 2.1.2: |
Greenhouse effect / 2.1.3: |