Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code
Feasibility of nuclear transmutation of fission products in high-level radioactive waste by negative muon capture reaction is investigated using the Particle and Heave Ion Transport code System (PHITS). It is found that about 80 % of stopped negative muons contribute to transmute target nuclide into...
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| description | Feasibility of nuclear transmutation of fission products in high-level radioactive waste by negative muon capture reaction is investigated using the Particle and Heave Ion Transport code System (PHITS). It is found that about 80 % of stopped negative muons contribute to transmute target nuclide into stable or short-lived nuclide in the case of 135Cs, which is one of the most important nuclide in the transmutation. The simulation result also indicates that the position of transmutation is controllable by changing the energy of incident negative muon. Based on our simulation, it takes approximately 8.5 × 108years to transmute 500 g of 135Cs by negative muon beam with the highest intensity currently available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaa5fbd0b5d5494b97269fcb64e55b062022-12-21T21:35:10ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2016-01-011220400210.1051/epjconf/201612204002epjconf_cnr2016_04002Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS codeAbe Shin-ichiro0Sato Tatsuhiko1Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Science and Engineering CenterJapan Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Science and Engineering CenterFeasibility of nuclear transmutation of fission products in high-level radioactive waste by negative muon capture reaction is investigated using the Particle and Heave Ion Transport code System (PHITS). It is found that about 80 % of stopped negative muons contribute to transmute target nuclide into stable or short-lived nuclide in the case of 135Cs, which is one of the most important nuclide in the transmutation. The simulation result also indicates that the position of transmutation is controllable by changing the energy of incident negative muon. Based on our simulation, it takes approximately 8.5 × 108years to transmute 500 g of 135Cs by negative muon beam with the highest intensity currently available.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612204002 |
| spellingShingle | Abe Shin-ichiro Sato Tatsuhiko Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code |
| title_full | Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code |
| title_short | Feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the PHITS code |
| title_sort | feasibility study of nuclear transmutation by negative muon capture reaction using the phits code |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612204002 |
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