Design Policy of Pilot Plant for Accelerator-Driven System
A pilot plant for the accelerator-driven system (ADS) is proposed as a scaled-down version of a lead-bismuth cooled ADS with 800 MW thermal output for transmutation of minor actinides.In this article, the design policy of the pilot plant is elaborated for each design area: safety, subcriticality management, subcritical core, accelerator, target and invessel components.The conceptual design of the pilot ADS is also presented: 200 MW of thermal output, k eff below 0.95, introduction of control rod, 1.0 GeV -10mA accelerator and roughly-estimated size of in-vessel components.
Authors
- Takanori Sugawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0706-6470)
- Kenji Nishihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3955-3756)
- Hiroki Iwamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-9026)
- Masahiro Fukushima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-0722)
- Ryota Katano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-621X)
- Takumi Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-8397)
Institutions
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.8.185
- Primary Topic
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00