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| Title: | MYRRHA, a Multipurpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-end Applications |
| Author(s): | Aït Abderrahim, Hamid Baeten, Peter De Bruyn, Didier Heyse, Jan Schuurmans, Paul Wagemans, Jan |
| Keywords: | MYRRHA ADS ISOL ISOL@MYRRHA ERA LBE RIB |
| Issue Date: | 26-Mar-2010 |
| Publication type: | Journal article |
| Citation: | Aït Abderrahim H., Baeten P., De Bruyn D., Heyse J., Schuurmans P., Wagemans J.- MYRRHA, a Multipurpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-end Applications.- In: Nuclear Physics News, 20:1(2010), p. 24-28.- ISSN 1050-6896 |
| Abstract: | SCK•CEN is designing an ADS (Accelerator Driven System) hybrid system called MYRRHA. It is made of a subcritical fast neutron reactor loaded with MOX fuel and driven by an external neutron source. These primary neutrons are produced by means of an intense 600 MeV proton beam bombarding a heavy liquid metal (lead-bismuth) target. The objective of the project is to create an international irradiation research facility in a European Research Area on Experimental Reactors allowing the study of the behavior of structural materials under high energy (>1 MeV) neutron irradiation, the study of transmutation of long-lived radioactive waste produced in present LWR reactors, the demonstration needed for next generation reactors (Generation-IV), and the support to fusion. Apart from that, part of the proton beam from the MYRRHA accelerator can be diverted to an Isotope Separator On-Line (ISOL) system to produce intense low-energy radioactive ion beams (RIB) available for experiments requiring very long beam times. |
| Persistent URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10038/7043  |
| DOI: | doi: 10.1080/10506890903178913 |
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