Concept evaluation of a nuclear design for electronuclear fuel production: evaluation of ORNL's proposed TMF--ENFP

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Accelerator-driven sub-critical reactor system (ADS) for nuclear energy generation

“…Ideas on the use of high intensity accelerators in nuclear energy development have been proposed many decades ago (see, for example [1][2][3]). But, current interest in the use of ADS has been stimulated particularly by the papers by Bowman [4] and Rubbia et al [5], which demonstrate that a commercial nuclear power plant of adequate power can also be built around a sub-critical reactor, provided it can be fed externally with required intensity of accelerator-produced neutrons.…”

Evaluation of reactivity monitoring techniques at the Yalina – Booster subcritical facility

“…The Oak Ridge National laboratory of the USA proposed another similar thorium breeder concept in 1979, the so-called TMF-ENFP (Ternary Metal Fueled -ElectroNuclear Fuel Producer) [73]. This concept consisted of a sodium cooled blanket containing all three isotopes U-238, Pu-239 and Th-232…”