Technology and components of accelerator-driven systems : workshop proceedings : Karlsruhe, Germany, 15-17 March 2010.

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FOREWORD
Foreword
The accelerator-driven system (ADS) is a potential transmutation system option as part of
partitioning and transmutation strategies for radioactive waste in advanced nuclear fuel cycles.
Following the success of the workshop series on the utilisation and reliability of high power
proton accelerators (HPPA), the scope of this new workshop series has been extended to cover
subcritical systems as well as the use of neutron sources.
The first workshop was organised on 15-17 March 2010 in Karlsruhe, Germany, and was
hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). It provided experts with a forum to
present and discuss state-of-the-art developments in the field of ADS and neutron sources. A
total of 62 papers was presented during the oral and poster sessions. Following presentations on
the programmes of Belgium, Japan and the European Commission and a special session on
EUROTRANS, four technical sessions were organised addressing current ADS experiments and
test facilities, accelerators, neutron sources and subcritical systems.
These proceedings include all the papers presented at the workshop. The opinions
expressed are those of the authors only, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NEA, any
national authority or any other international organisation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledgements
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) gratefully acknowledges the Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT) for hosting the first Workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator-
driven Systems.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Foreword .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 11
Opening and National ADS Programmes .......................................................................................... 17
Chair: C. Fazio
J.U. Knebel
KIT welcome address ....................................................................................................... 19
Th.W. Tromm
NEA Nuclear Science Committee welcome address .................................................... 21
P. Fritz
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: A unique institution in
German research ............................................................................................................... 23
K. Tsujimoto, H. Oigawa
Outline of check and review on partitioning and transmutation by Atomic
Energy Commission of Japan and recommendation for R&D on ADS ...................... 25
H. Aït Abderrahim, P. Baeten, D. De Bruyn
The MYRRHA ADS programme in Belgium: A multi-national demonstration
programme for incineration of spent nuclear fuel wastes ......................................... 33
J.U. Knebel
The EUROTRANS Project: Partitioning and transmutation research in Europe* ..... 43
Special Session: EUROTRANS .............................................................................................................. 45
Chair: A.C. Müller
D. De Bruyn, H. Aït Abderrahim, G. Rimpault, L. Mansani, M. Reale, A.C. Müller,
A. Guertin, J-L. Biarrotte, J. Wallenius, C. Angulo, A. Orden, A. Rolfe, D. Struwe,
M. Schikorr, A. Woaye-Hune, C. Artioli
Achievements and lessons learnt within the Domain 1 “DESIGN” of the
Integrated Project EUROTRANS ....................................................................................... 47
G. Granget, H. Aït Abderrahim, P. Baeten, C. Berglöf, A. Billebaud,
E. González-Romero, F. Mellier, R. Rosa, M. Schikorr
EUROTRANS/ECATS or neutronic experiments for the validation of XT-ADS
and EFIT monitoring ......................................................................................................... 53

* The full paper being unavailable at the time of publication, only the abstract is included.
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F. Delage, R. Belin, X-N. Chen, E. D’Agata, F. Klaassen, W. Maschek,
J-P. Ottaviani, S. Pillon, A. Rineiski, V. Sobolev, J. Somers, D. Staicu,
R. Thetford, J. Wallenius, B. Wernli
Minor actinide transmutation in the accelerator-driven system EFIT:
Results from fuel developments in Domain AFTRA .................................................... 69
C. Fazio, J. Van den Bosch, F. Javier Martin Muñoz, J. Henry, F. Roelofs,
P. Turroni, L. Mansani, A. Weisenburger, D. Gorse, J. Abella, L. Brissonneau, Y. Dai,
L. Magielsen, J. Neuhausen, P. Vladimirov, A. Class, H. Jeanmart, A. Ciampichetti,
G. Gerbeth, T. Wetzel, A. Karbojian, K. Litfin, M. Tarantino, L. Zanini
Development and assessment of structural materials and heavy
liquid metal technologies for transmutation systems (DEMETRA):
Highlights on major results ............................................................................................. 81
E. González-Romero, A. Koning, S. Leray, A. Plompen, J. Sanz
(on behalf of NUDATRA/IP-EUROTRANS)
NUDATRA/EUROTRANS nuclear data for nuclear waste transmutation* ................ 107
Special Lecture ....................................................................................................................................... 109
C. Rubbia
Subcritical thorium reactors* .......................................................................................... 111
Session I: Current ADS Experiments and Test Facilities ............................................................ 113
Chairs: Th. Wetzel, S. Monti
C-H. Pyeon, J-Y. Lim, T. Misawa, S. Shiroya
Experiments on injection of spallation neutrons by 100 MeV protons in the
Kyoto University Critical Assembly ................................................................................ 115
M. Fernández-Ordóñez, V. Bécares, C. Berglöf, D. Villamarín,
M. Becker, V. Bournos, Y. Fokov, P. Gajda, V. Glivici, E.M. González-Romero,
J. Janczyszyn, S. Mazanik, B. Merk, J.L. Muñoz-Cobo, W. Pohorecki
Experimental validation of the industrial ADS reactivity monitoring using the
YALINA-Booster subcritical assembly ........................................................................... 123
M. Tarantino, G. Benamati, P. Gaggini, V. Labanti
Integral Circulation Experiment: Thermal-hydraulic simulator of the ETD
primary system ................................................................................................................. 135
L. Mercatali, P. Baeten, A. Kochetkov, W. Uyttenhove, G. Vittiglio
The GUINEVERE experiments at the VENUS facility: Status and perspectives ........ 149
Th. Wetzel, K. Litfin, R. Stieglitz, A.G. Class, M. Daubner, F. Fellmoser, A. Batta
Experimental investigation of turbulent flow distribution in a hexagonal rod
bundle for ADS prototype application ........................................................................... 159
F. Beauchamp, O. Morier, L. Brissonneau, J-L. Courouau, C. Chabert, F. Reyne
A review of lead-bismuth alloy purification systems with regard to the
latest results achieved on STELLA loop ......................................................................... 171
J-B. Vogt, I. Proriol-Serre, L. Martinelli, K. Ginestar
Reliability in liquid lead-bismuth of the 316L and T91 steels: Coupling effects
between corrosion and fatigue ....................................................................................... 183
A. Weisenburger, M. del Giacco, A. Jianu, G. Müller
Compatibility of different steels and alloys with lead up to 750°C* .......................... 193

* The full paper being unavailable at the time of publication, only the abstract is included.
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Session II: Accelerators ....................................................................................................................... 195
Chair: H. Klein
J-L. Biarrotte, A.C. Müller (on behalf of the EUROTRANS WP1.3 collaboration)
Accelerator reference design for the European ADS demonstrator .......................... 197
H. Podlech, M. Busch, F. Dziuba, U. Ratzinger, H. Klein, R. Tiede, C. Zhang
The 17 MeV injector for the EUROTRANS proton driver ............................................. 209
F. Bouly, S. Bousson, J-L. Biarrotte, P. Blache, F. Chatelet, C. Commeaux, P. Duthil,
C. Joly, J. Lesrel, G. Olry, E. Rampnoux, H. Saugnac, S. Barbanotti, A. Bosotti,
R. Paparella, P. Pierini
Developments of 350 MHz and 700 MHz prototypical cryomodules for the
EUROTRANS ADS proton linear accelerator .................................................................. 217
H. Takei, K. Nishihara, K. Tsujimoto, H. Oigawa
Estimation of acceptable beam trip frequencies of accelerators for ADS and
comparison with performances of existing accelerators ............................................ 231
S-H. Kim, J. Galambos
High-power operational experience at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS).......... 243
M. Seidel, J. Grillenberger, A. Mezger
Experience with the production of a 1.3 MW proton beam in a
cyclotron-based facility .................................................................................................... 251
Session III: Neutron Sources ............................................................................................................... 261
Chair: M. Seidel
Ch. Latgé, M. Wolmuther, P. Agostini, M. Dierckx, C. Fazio, A. Guertin,
Y. Kurata, G. Laffont, T. Song, K. Thomsen, W. Wagner, F. Groeschel,
L. Zanini, Y. Dai, J. Henri, J. Konys, K. Woloshun
MEGAPIE spallation target: Irradiation of the first prototypical spallation
target for future ADS ........................................................................................................ 263
W. Wagner, H. Heyck, D. Kiselev, K. Thomsen, M. Wohlmuther, L. Zanini
PSI experience with high-power target design and operation ................................... 275
R.Ž. Milenkovi′ c, K. Samec, S. Dementjevs, A. Kalt, C. Kharoua, E. Platacis,
A. Zik, A. Flerov, L. Blumenfeld, F. Barbagallo, K. Thomsen, E. Manfrin, Y. Kadi
EURISOL compact liquid metal converter target: Representative prototype
design and tests ................................................................................................................ 283
O. Meusel, L.P. Chau, M. Heilmann, H. Klein, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger,
K. Volk, C. Wiesner
The Frankfurt Neutron Source – FRANZ ........................................................................ 297
Session IV: Subcritical Systems .......................................................................................................... 305
Chairs: K. Tsujimoto, E.M. González-Romero, J.U. Knebel
F. Mulhauser, P. Adelfang, R.M. Capote Noy, V. Inozemtsev,
G. Mank, D. Ridikas, A. Stanculescu, A. Zeman
ADS-related activities at IAEA: From accelerators, neutron sources to
fuel cycle and databases .................................................................................................. 307
L. Mansani, M. Reale, C. Artioli, D. De Bruyn
The designs of an experimental ADS facility (XT-ADS) and of a European
Industrial Transmutation Demonstrator (EFIT) ............................................................ 321
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A. Guertin, N. Thiollière, A. Cadiou, J.M. Buhour, O. Batrak, M. Dierckx,
J. Heyse, K. Rosseel, P. Schuurmans, K. Van Tichelen, R. Stieglitz,
A. Batta, A. Class, F. Roelofs, V.R. Gopala, H. Jeanmart, V. Moreau
XT-ADS windowless spallation target design and corresponding R&D topics ........ 335
T. Sugawara, K. Nishihara, K. Tsujimoto, Y. Kurata, H. Oigawa
Investigation of safety for accelerator-driven system ................................................. 347
V. Sobolev, W. Uyttenhove, W. Maschek, A. Rineiski, X-N. Chen,
J. Wallenius, A. Fokau, F. Delage
Optimisation of the EFIT fuel design .............................................................................. 359
X-N. Chen, W. Maschek, P. Liu, A. Rineiski, S. Wang, C. Matzerath Boccaccini,
V. Sobolev, G. Rimpault
Design and safety studies of an EFIT core with cermet fuel ....................................... 375
F. Agosti, P. Botazzoli, V. Di Marcello, L. Luzzi, G. Pastore
Fuel rod performance analysis for the Italian LBE-XADS: A comparison of
two different cladding materials .................................................................................... 385
D.J. Coates, G.T. Parks
Isotope equilibrium in fast thorium reactors. ............................................................... 397
R.L. Sheffield, E.J. Pitcher
Subcritical minor actinide reduction through transmutation – SMART ................... 407
A. Fokau, Y. Zhang, J. Wallenius, S. Ishida
A source-efficient ADS for minor actinide burning ..................................................... 417
Annex 1: Scientific Advisory Committee ............................................................................................ 427
Annex 2: List of participants ................................................................................................................. 429
Posters
Poster session contributions can be consulted on the Nuclear Energy Agency website on the page
dedicated to the TCADS workshop: www.oecd-nea.org/science/wpfc/tcads/1st/index.html.
Session I: Current ADS Experiments and Test Facilities
G. Bianchini, M. Carta, M. Frisoni, V. Peluso, F. Pisacane
GUINEVERE project pre-analysis by the French ERANOS code
R. Fernandez, Ph. Benoit
ASTIR: The development of irradiation experiments for ADS steel T91
Å. Strinning (on behalf of the MEGAPIE collaboration)
Dismantling and conditioning of the MEGAPIE target*
H. Yoshida, T. Misawa, K. Takase, T. Suzuki
Current status of development of thermal-hydraulic design method for accelerator-driven
system in JAEA
L. Zanini, V. Boutellier, R. Brütsch, J. Eikenberg. D. Gavillet, H.P. Linder, M. Martin, J. Neuhausen,
M. Rüthi, D. Schumann, J. Krbanjevic, A. Grimberg, I. Leya, E. Noah, T. Stora
Post-irradiation analysis of a Pb/Bi-filled Ta target irradiated at ISOLDE

* The full paper being unavailable at the time of publication, only the abstract is included.
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