The Eighth International Conference on EMERGING NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS

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1 The Eighth International Conference on EMERGING NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS June 24-28,1996 Obninsk,Russia VOLUME II ORGANIZING SPONSORS Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy Ministry for Science and Technical Policy of the Russian Federation Russian Academy of Sciences State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education COOPERATIVE AND SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS Russian Nuclear Society Atomic Energy Society of Japan International Thorium Molten-Salt Forum Radkowsky Thorium Power Corporation UB/TIB Hannover X

2 On Development of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Global Program 431 I.N.Golovin On the Cluster Fusion 438 V.V.Okorokov, I.V.Chuvilo, and A.S.Kingsep Light Ion Beam Driven Inertial Confinement Fusion: Requirements and Achievements 445 H.Bluhm, G.Kepier, and R.Petersen Tail Effects on NBI Power Requirement for D- 3 He/FRC Startup 456 H.Matsuura, Y.Nakao, M.Kitajo, T.Monzen, H.Nishio, K.Kudo, and M.Ohta Softening the Task: an Affordable Approach to Magnetic Fusion Power 463 M.Zucchetti

3 Z-Pinch as a Spark of an Axial DT-Detonation Wave 471 J.G.Linhart and L.Bilbao Anomalous Emission of Neutrons and Tritium in Metallic Deuteride/Hydride Systems: Summary of Recent BARC Results 479 M.Srinivasan, A.B.Garg, T.C.Kaushik, L.V.Kulkarni, R.K.Rout,T.K.Sankaranarayanan, and A.Shyam Possible In-Lattice Confinement Fusion (LCF) 487 Y.Kawarasaki Novel Thorium Synergetic System with In-Lattice Confinement Fusion Reactor (LCFR) Concept 496 K.Furukawa, Y.Kawarasaki, and Y.Kato Utilizing Nuclear Reactions in Condensed Media to Improve Nuclear Engineering and Technology 504 V.A.Romodanov, V.I.Savin, Ya.B.Skuratnik, Yu.N.Zhivluk, and A.K.Pokrovskiy Accelerator Application for Energy Systems Determination of the Subcriticality of an Accelerator-Driven Fast Reactor, and Alternative Way to Dispose of High Level Waste in Outer Solar Space (Invited) 512 H.Takahashi and X.Chen Proton Accelerator for Subcritical Fast Reactors 520 A.N.Didenko, A.A.Glazkov, A.D.Koljaskin, G.L.Khorasanov, D.V.Pankratov, and A.P.Ivanov The ADONIS-Project: an Accelerator Driven Operated Sub-Critical System 526 L.G.G.van den Durpel, W.Wacquier, H.A.Abderrahim, and P.D'Hondt Safety System for Subcritical Blanket Driven by Pulsed Accelerator 534 O.V.Shvedov, V.V.Vassiliev, M.M.Igumnov, A.M.Kozodaev. R.P.Kuibeda, and N.V.Lazarev On Possibility to Further Burn-up the Spent Fuel of Power Nuclear Reactors in the Accelerator-Driven Facilities 541 A.N.Chmelev, V.A.Apse, G.G.Koulikov, and G.V.Kiselev Explosion-Safety of Standard Atomic Power Plant 549 I.N.Airapetian, A.G.Khudaverdian, R.Kh.Markarian, and A.R.Toumanian An Electronuclear Facility with Thermal and Fast Neutron Spectrumfor Energy Production Using Weapons-Grade Pu and Involving Th into Nuclear Fuel Cycle 556 B.P.Kochurov, O.V.Shvedov, V.N.Konev, and A.Yu.Kwaratzheli vi

4 Accelerator Molten Salt Breeder as Fissible Producing Component of THORIMS-NES Concept for Energy Production and Transmutation of Plutonium 564 S.Chigrinov, A.Kievitskaia, C.Rutkovskaia, I.Rakhno, K.Furukawa, and A.Lecocq Heavy-Ion-Driven Electronuclear Process 572 V.S.Barashenkov, A.Polanski, A.N.Sosnin, and V.P.Filinova Linear Proton Accelerator as Electronuclear Facility Driver 579 V.A.Andreev, A.I.Balabin, I.V.Chuvilo, A.A.Drozdovsky, A.A.Kolomiets, A.M.Kozodaev, R.P.Kuibeda, N.V.Lazarev, V.I.Pershin, V.K.Plotnikov, A.M.Raskopin, T.E.Tretjakova, R.M.Vengrov, and I.A.Vorobjov Some Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronuclear Reactor Based on 2-Section Blanket 587 Yu.M.Ado, D.V.Gorbatkov, V.P.Kryuchkov, and V.N.Lebedev Protactinium-233 Effect upon Breeding Properties of Electronuclear Facility for Thorium Fuel Cycle 591 A.S.Gerasimov, T.C.Zaritskaya, and G.V.Kiselev ITEP Subcritical Neutron Source as a Prototype of a High-Current Accelerator-Blanket System 595 O.V.Shvedov, V.V.Vassiliev, M.M.Igumnov, M.M.Katz, A.M.Kozodaev, A.A.Kolomiets, N.V.Lazarev, and E.BVolkov Melted Tin Target-Converter for a Proton Accelerator-Based Neutron Generator 603 G.L.Khorasanov, D.V.Pankratov, A.P.Ivanov, E.V.Fyodorova, Yu.A.Korovin, and A.Yu.Konobeyev Heat Transfer in a Solid Annular Target Irradiated with a 1-GeV Proton Beam for Neutron Production 611 S.L.Dorokhovich and E.Yu.Stankovsky High-Current Deuteron Cyclotron Complex as Meson and Neutron Generator for Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technology (ADTT) and Energy Production 616 Yu.G.Alenitsky, O.N.Borisov, A.F.Chesnov, Yu.N.Denisov, V.P.Dmitrievsky, V.P.Dzhelepov, A.A.Glazov. V.V.Kalinichenko, L.M.Onischenko, S.B.Vorozhtsov, and N.L.Zaplatin Liquid Metal Targets with an Ion Guide "Window" for Accelerator-Driven Systems 623 B.F.Gromov, E.I.Yefimov, A.A.Veremeev, S.V.Ignatiev, M.P.Leonchuk, D.V.Pankratov, and V.T.Gorshkov Liquid Pb-Bi Design of Power Generation in Molten-Salt Reactor for Plutonium Disposition 630 V.T.Gorshkov, V.A.Shulyndin, P.P.Blagovolin, V.D.Kazaritsky, V.I.Volk, and A.Yu.Vakhrushin vi!

5 Cross Section Calculations for Radiation Damage of Structural Materials Irradiated by Particles with Energies up to 10 GeV 640 Yu.A.Korovin, A.Yu.Stankovsky, A.Yu.Konobeyev, and P.E.Pereslavtsev A Liquid Eutectic Target for High-Power Spallation Neutron Source 648 S.L.Dorokhovich and E.F.Avdeev Mathematical Model for Research of Slow Transients in the LADR Core 653 E.A.Ivanov Transmutation, Non-Proliferation and Ecological Problems Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technologies for Resolution of Long-Term Nuclear Waste Concerns (Invited) 660 CD. Bowman Nuclear Power Waste Transmutation Potential 675 M.Salvatores, I.Slessarev, A.Tchistiakov Optimization of P&B/T (Partitioning, and Burning and/or Transmutation) Treatment based on Three Criteria in Self-Completed Fuel Cycle 683 A.Kitamoto, Mulyanto, and F.Aziz Concept of Accelerator-Based Facility for Transmutation and Energy Production 694 K.F.Grebyonkin Neutronic Study of Nonproliferation-Oriented Options of Fusion and Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Systems 701 S.Taczanowski A Concept of Coupled Spectrum Burning and/or Transmutation (B/T) Reactor for Treatment of Minor Actinides 715 F.Aziz and A.Kitamoto Molten-Salt Fluorides Blanket for a Hard Spectrum Accelerator-Driven Transmutation 724 S.V.Kersnovskii, V.I.Kostenkov, V.M Novikov, A.V.Puzyrev, D.Yu.Chuvilin, P.P.Blagovolin, V.D.Kazaritsky, and Yu.V.Kochevalin Implementation, Development, Validation, and First Applicationsof Different Code Chains for the Investigation of Accelerator-Driven Transmutation 734 I.Breeders and C.H.M.Breeders viii

6 Actinides Accumulation During Multi-Cycle Irradiation of Weapons-Grade Plutonium in Reactor Installations with Different Neutron Fluxes 740 A.S.Gerasimov, T.C.Zaritskaya, G.V.Kiselev, and L.A.Myrtsymova Current Status and Recommended Future Studies of Underground Supercriticality of Fissile Material 743 CD.Bowman A New Approach to Radioactive Decay Phenomenon 754 A.A.Adamenko The Benefits of Low Level Radiation 761 J.Graham Fission Product Incineration Using Accelerator-Driven Thermal Neutron System 769 W.S.Park. H.S.Shin, T.Y.Song, and C.K Park Radiation Characteristics of the Decommissioned Space Nuclear Power Systems 775 A.A.Dubinin, V.M.Levchenko, A.P.Pyshko, O.V.Frolov, A.M.Yatsenko, and M.I.Bondarenko Radionuclide Dispersion and Population Radiation Risk Around Nuclear Submarine # 601 Dumped in the Kara Sea 782 E.I.Yefimov, D.V.Pankratov, and S.V.Ignatiev New Criterion Evaluations of Radiolytic Effects to Prove Nuclear Power Facilities Reliability and Safety 790 E.B.Strakhow Halogen Yields From a Tungsten Target 797 D.V.Pankratov. S.V.Ignatiev, and E.I.Yefimov The Production and Decay of Long-Lived Radioactive Nuclides in W Target Irradiated by Proton Beams 805 T.Y.Song, H.S.Shin, W.S.Park, and C.K.Park Reduction of Requirements for Plutonium Purification in Closed Fuel Cycle on the Base of Electronuclear Facilities 812 G.V.Kiselev and A.S.Gerasimov Accelerator-Driven Core in a Multicomponent Self-Consistent Nuclear Energy System ( 244 On transmutation) 816 V.Artisyuk, A.Chrhelev, M.Suzuki, M.Saito, and Y.Fujii-e ix

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