The Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative (AFCI) is a program to
develop technologies to reuse and recycle used nuclear fuel
and to reduce the volume and radiotoxicity of it's waste for
ultimate disposal. One technology under development is to transmute
hazardous nuclear waste products into more benign materials
using particle accelerator-based technologies. The AFCI is managed
by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology of
the U.S. Department of Energy. Techonology development includes
many national laboratories and university collaborations, including
the Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC). For more information on
the AFCI program, including AFCI goals, please see the AFCI
website.
The Idaho Accelerator Center's partnership with LANL on the
AFCI is with the Reactor-Accelerator
Coupling Experiment (RACE) Project. The RACE Project consists
of a series of subcritical nuclear experiments using particle
accelerators to produce neutrons in heavy metal targets. It
is being directed by Dr. Denis
Beller, and is a partnership with other universities and
research institutions. Please see the RACE
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