Definition of the Accelerator Driven System
Résumé
This report first describes the EFIT design from a high level. Then it analyzes the transmuta-tion capabilities of the core for the Minor Actinide stream that was selected in Work Package 1 of this project. Next this report describes the impact of the Minor Actinide loading on the safety parameters of the reactor core, typically the Doppler effect and coolant void effect are studied. When the reference system is analyzed, the need to estimate the capacity needed to reach the scenario goals is analyzed. This is done for several units deployment to give an idea on the performance of the second stratum. Finally, an exercise has been done to see if the power of the facility could be increased from the reference 400 MWth to 600 MWth, hence increasing the transmutation rate per unit significantly. Clearly, this has to be done without safety issues.