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Table 10. Transmutation rates (kg/TW th<br />

h) of plutonium and minor actinides<br />

Nuclides<br />

EADF<br />

(Th-Pu)O 2<br />

ENDF/B-VI<br />

EADF<br />

(U-Pu)O 2<br />

ENDF/B-VI<br />

PWR<br />

UO 2<br />

233<br />

U +31.0 – –<br />

Pu -42.8 -7.39 +11.0<br />

Np +0.03 +0.25 +0.57<br />

Am +0.24 +0.17 +0.54<br />

Cm +0.007 +0.017 +0.044<br />

99<br />

Tc prod +1.08 +1.07 +0.99<br />

99<br />

Tc trans -3.77 -3.77 –<br />

4. Conclusion<br />

The neutronic properties of four different neutron source configuration of the EADF have been<br />

examined by means of 3-D Monte Carlo techniques. The results indicate that the accelerator driven<br />

and the fusion-DD source systems would exhibit similar neutronic properties. The fusion-DT source<br />

driven configuration differs from the others, giving rise to a neutron multiplication factor ~1 500 pcm<br />

higher than the others. The effect was seen to be mainly due to the DT-fusion characteristical neutron<br />

emission energy spectrum, which produces a significantly larger share of (n,Xn) produced neutrons.<br />

Finally, it was established that the choice of source configuration has negligible impact on<br />

transmutation efficiencies and transmutation rates.<br />

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