Accelerator-Driven Systems in Advanced Fuel Cycles

Approximately two decades ago, H. Takahashi revived the concept of accelerator-driven systems to propose it for the transmutation of radioactive nuclear wastes. In parallel, partitioning and transmutation (P/T) strategies have also been revisited, so as to enlarge the options as concerns waste management. At present, after numerous studies and some experimental demonstrations, it is possible to characterise the different options and strategies, in order to put them into perspective and to offer some practical paths towards implementation...