Researchers to look at using nuke waste to create power
Pocatello Idaho State Journal: Researchers to look at using nuke waste to create power: "Researchers to look at using nuke waste to create power
POCATELLO - It sounds something like alchemy, but researchers from throughout the United States and Europe will gather at Idaho State University today and Thursday to examine how nuclear waste might be destroyed while producing energy in the process, according to a press release.
The ISU Idaho Accelerator Center will hold the third annual workshop on Accelerator-Drive Subcritical Systems experiments in the Pond Student Union Building.
The conference attracts nuclear scientists from the five U.S. universities that are partners in the Reactor-Accelerator Coupling Experiments Project, as well as nuclear scientists from a number of European countries.
'The practical application of what we're studying is the development of technology for the destruction of nuclear waste, while creating energy at the same time,' said Denis Beller, IAC visiting research professor and director of the RACE Project.
He said Russian, Chinese, Japanese and European scientists are all involved in studying the potential of this phenomena, but the only experimental studies taking place in the United States are those by the RACE universities that include ISU, Texas A&M University, University of Texas-Austin, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the University of Michigan.
'We're developing the technology to create a prototype that can demonstrate the capabilities of the kind of reactor that could reduce the volume and radiotoxicity of nuclear waste and create energy,' Beller said.
He emphasized that studies are still in their initial stages, but they are important nonetheless.
'To create the kind of reactor needed is not an easy engineering task and there are many challenges ahead of us, but the problems are solvable and we will find engineering solutions, given the time and resources,' Beller said."
POCATELLO - It sounds something like alchemy, but researchers from throughout the United States and Europe will gather at Idaho State University today and Thursday to examine how nuclear waste might be destroyed while producing energy in the process, according to a press release.
The ISU Idaho Accelerator Center will hold the third annual workshop on Accelerator-Drive Subcritical Systems experiments in the Pond Student Union Building.
The conference attracts nuclear scientists from the five U.S. universities that are partners in the Reactor-Accelerator Coupling Experiments Project, as well as nuclear scientists from a number of European countries.
'The practical application of what we're studying is the development of technology for the destruction of nuclear waste, while creating energy at the same time,' said Denis Beller, IAC visiting research professor and director of the RACE Project.
He said Russian, Chinese, Japanese and European scientists are all involved in studying the potential of this phenomena, but the only experimental studies taking place in the United States are those by the RACE universities that include ISU, Texas A&M University, University of Texas-Austin, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the University of Michigan.
'We're developing the technology to create a prototype that can demonstrate the capabilities of the kind of reactor that could reduce the volume and radiotoxicity of nuclear waste and create energy,' Beller said.
He emphasized that studies are still in their initial stages, but they are important nonetheless.
'To create the kind of reactor needed is not an easy engineering task and there are many challenges ahead of us, but the problems are solvable and we will find engineering solutions, given the time and resources,' Beller said."
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