²⁴⁴Cm Transmutation in Accelerator-Driven System

Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics: An experimental approach for fission investigations

“…The fission of 242 Pu and 244 Cm was investigated at higher excitation energies. For the latter, a minor actinide of interest in accelerator-driven systems for the recycling of radioactive waste [17], the region above 15 MeV has been addressed for the first time [18]. The comparison of our results with other works provides some hints concerning the influence of the reaction mechanism used to produce the fissioning system.…”

“…VI for 238 U, 239 Np, 240,241,242 Pu and 244 Cm, as a function of the total excitation energy. The latter is a short-lived (T 1/2 = 18 y) minor actinide, for which transmutation in accelerator-driven systems is nowadays a subject of recognized interest [17]. Experimental data regarding fast-neutron induced fission of 244 Cm are limited to Ref.…”

Time-Dependent Neutronic Analysis of a Power-Flattened Gas Cooled Accelerator Driven System Fuelled with Thorium, Uranium, Plutonium, and Curium Dioxides TRISO Particles

“…Martínez et al [16] claim that high-energetic neutrons are necessitated for transmutation of transuranium (TRU) and long-lived fission products in ADS. There are several other studies of various types of ADS for energy production and transmutation of radioactive wastes (Adam et al [17]; Artisyuk et al [18]; Brolly and Vértes, [19]; Haeck et al [20]; Mukaiyama et al [21]; Park et al [22]; Seltborg and Wallenius [23]; Tsujimoto et al [24]; Wade et al [25]; Wallenius and Eriksson [26]; Westlén and Wallenius [27]).…”