Подкритический ядерный реактор. Безопасная энергия атома. TEAC4

Of the 3 options for creating energy from thorium (solid fuel in conventional reactors, liquid fuel in molten-salt reactors, or fuel in accelerator driven subcritical reactors), Stuart Henderson of Fermilab explores the accelerator driven approach. Systems are complicated enough, why bring in the extra complexity of a particle accelerator? 1. Subcritical core design means that the reaction cannot reach criticality. 2. Greater flexibility with respect to fuel composition. 3. ADS allows the use of non-fis