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Nuclear Science NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)7 www.oecd-nea.org Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems Second International Workshop Proceedings Nantes, France 21-23 May 2013 Nuclear Science Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems Second International Workshop Proceedings Nantes, France 21-23 May 2013 OECD 2015 NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 34 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. 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Requests for permission to photocopy portions of this material for public or commercial use shall be addressed directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) at [email protected] or the Centre français d'exploitation du droit de copie (CFC) [email protected]. NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)7 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 the High Power Proton Accelerators (HPPA), the scope of this new workshop series on Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems has been extended to cover subcritical systems as well as the use of neutron sources. The second workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems was organised on 21-24 May 2013 in Nantes, France, and was hosted by the SUBATECH/Ecoles des Mines and co-sponsored by the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique de Particules (IN2P3) of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France. The workshop organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 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 40 papers were presented during the oral and poster sessions. Four technical sessions were organised addressing ADS experiments and test facilities, accelerators, simulation, safety, data, neutron sources. 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. TECHNOLOGY AND COMPONENTS OF ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS, © OECD 2015 3 NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)7 Acknowledgements The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) gratefully acknowledges the SUBATECH/Ecoles des Mines and the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique de Particules (IN2P3) of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) for hosting the second Workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator-driven Systems. 4 TECHNOLOGY AND COMPONENTS OF ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS, © OECD 2015 NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)7 Table of contents Executive summary .................................................................................................................. 9 Opening and Invited Speeches .............................................................................................. 17 Chair: Pierre D’Hondt Alex C. Mueller CNRS welcome address .................................................................................................................. 18 José Mª Martínez-Val An ADS perspective on history and physics .............................................................................. 19 Didier Haas, Roger Garbil, Michel Hugon The European activity on ADS: The EURATOM Research Framework Programme ......... 25 S. David1, S. Massara2 Impact of P&T on nuclear scenarios with Generation-IV and ADSs .................................... 30 Fabrizio Gabrielli Fuel for ADS: State-of-the-art, requirements, current and future programmes ............... 38 Session I: Current ADS Experiments and Test Facilities .................................................... 49 Chair: K. Tsujimoto M. Wohlmuther, V. Boutellier, Y. Dai, D. Gavillet, K. Geissmann, S. Hahl, B. Hammer, A. Lagotzki, H. Leu, H.P. Linder, A. Kalt, D. Kuster, J. Neuhausen, D. Schumann, R. Schwarz, H. Schweikert, A. Spahr, P. Suter, S. Teichmann, K. Thomsen, H. Wiese, W. Wagner, U. Zimmermann, Ch. Zumbach The MEGAPIE PIE sample preparation ......................................................................................... 50 G.L. Khorasanov, A.I. Blokhin Neutron spectrum hardening in critical and subcritical reactors cooled with 208Pb ......... 65 Atsushi Sakon1, Kengo Hashimoto1, Cheol Ho Pyeon2 Power spectral analysis for a thermal accelerator-driven system of the Kyoto University Critical Assembly ......................................................................................................... 70 A. Kochetkov1, P. Baeten1, A. Billebaud2, S. Chabod2, X.Doligez3, F.R. Lecolley4, J.L. Lecouey4, G. Lehaut4, N. Marie4, F. Mellier5, H.E. Thyébault2, W. Uyttenhove1, G. Vittiglio1, J. Wagemans1, G. Ban4, P. Dessagne6, M. Kerveno6, L.Mercatali7 Current progress and future plans of the FREYA Project ........................................................ 78 N. Marie1, G. Lehaut1, J.-L. Lecouey1, A. Billebaud2, S. Chabod2, X. Doligez3, F.-R. Lecolley1, A. Kochetkov4, W. Uyttenhove4, G. Vittiglio4, J. Wagemans4, F. Mellier5, G. Ban1, H.-E. Thyébault2, D. Villamarin6 Reactivity monitoring using the area method for the subcritical VENUS-F core within the framework of the FREYA Project .............................................................................. 88 TECHNOLOGY AND COMPONENTS OF ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS, © OECD 2015 5 NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)7 S. Chabod1, X. Doligez2, G. Lehaut3, A. Billebaud1, J.-L. Lecouey3, F.-R. Lecolley3, N. Marie3, A. Kochetkov4, W. Uyttenhove4, G. Vittiglio4, J. Wagemans4, F. Mellier5, G. Ban3, H.-E. Thyébault1, D. Villamarin6 Analysis of prompt decay experiments for ADS reactivity monitoring at VENUS-F Facility ................................................................................................................................................