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US 11,901,095 B2Granted
System for electrostatic accelerator driven neutron generation for a liquid-phase based transmutation of radioactive transuranic waste
AssigneeTae Technologies, Inc.
InventorsToshiki Tajima, Michl W. Binderbauer, Ales Necas
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Abstract
Systems and methods that facilitate the transmutation of long-lived radioactive transuranic waste into short-live radioactive nuclides or stable nuclides using an electrostatic accelerator particle beam to generate neutrons.
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A transmutator system for transmutation of radioactive transuranic waste comprising:
- a neutron source tank including a neutron source therein,
- a plurality of concentric tanks surrounding the neutron source tank and comprising one or more mixtures of radioactive transuranic waste dissolved in FLiBe salt,
- an electrostatic accelerator oriented and configured to axially propagate a deuteron beam into the neutron source tank to interact with the neutron source to generate fusion neutrons within the neutron source tank, wherein the fusion neutrons are emitted from the neutron source tank into the plurality of concentric cylindrical tanks to interact with the radioactive transuranic waste of the one or more mixtures of radioactive transuranic waste dissolved in FLiBe salt, and
- a monitoring system coupled to the plurality of concentric tanks and configured to monitor the chemistry of the one or more mixtures of radioactive transuranic waste dissolved in FLiBe salt contained in the plurality of concentric tanks.
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