[On_site_list] Colloquium Reminder: The MYRRHA Project in Belgium at 11 a.m. Today

[Dean Golembeski]

*Colloquium

CEBAF Center, Room F113

11 a.m. Today

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The MYRRHA Project in Belgium and Nuclear Power Accelerator Driven Systems*

Generation IV Advanced Nuclear Systems and Role of MYRRHA as a Waste 
Transmutation R&D Facility - by Hamid Ait Abderrahim of the Belgium 
Nuclear Research Centre (SCK"CEN) Mol, Belgium. Nuclear fission energy 
is a proven technology that currently provides 31% of electricity in the 
EU-27, with reactors in 15 countries. It is the largest source of 
low-carbon electricity, saving nearly 900 mT of carbon emissions a year. 
It contributes to Europe's security of supply by limiting the dependence 
on fossil fuel imports. Building on its present position, Europe has to 
invest in R&D to overcome technological breakthroughs that would 
guarantee Europe's future low-carbon energy mix and energy security of 
supply. This talk will report on this vision, the innovative nuclear 
systems being planned and developed, as well as the status of the MYRRHA 
project and how this can lead to sustainable nuclear energy.

Followed by: The Linear Accelerator for the MYRRHA Accelerator Driven 
Systems (ADS) - by Dirk Vandeplassche, Luis Romao Medeiros, Hamid Ait 
Abderrahim, Marc Schyns of the SCK"CEN, Mol, Belgium. Accelerator Driven 
Systems are promising tools for the efficient transmutation of nuclear 
waste products in dedicated industrial installations, called 
transmuters. The MYRRHA project at Mol placed itself on the path towards 
these applications with a multipurpose and versatile system that may be 
operated in both critical and subcritical modes. In the latter case, the 
core is fed by spallation neutrons obtained from a 600 MeV proton beam 
hitting the coolant/target. The accelerator providing this beam is a 
high intensity CW superconducting linac delivering a 4 mA beam. MYRRHA 
is expected to be operational in 2023. The forthcoming 3-year period is 
fully dedicated to R&D activities, and are strongly focused on aspects 
of accelerator reliability and on the proper shaping of the beam trip 
spectrum. The R&D effort takes advantage of the highly modular structure 
of the linac which allows for efficient prototyping.
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