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Accelerator driven sub-critical reactor could burn nuclear waste and create diesel at less than $2 per gallon
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Muons Inc is partnering with ADNA Corp to develop a game-changing application of accelerator technology – designing and building a new form of intrinsically safe nuclear power called GEM*STAR (Green Energy Multiplier*Subcritical Technology for Alternative Reactors).
Muons’ first commercial application of GEM*STAR Power can be to use the process heat generated from the accelerator-driven GEM*STAR reactor to convert natural gas and renewable carbon into feedstock for the Fischer-Tropsch generation of ultra-clean, high quality diesel fuel. The initial plant will produce 70 million gallons of diesel fuel per year at an estimated cost of production of $1.75 per gallon.
GEM*STAR could achieve the following :
1. Reduces Weapons-grade Plutonium (W-Pu) and Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Storage issues. GEM*STAR safely uses W-Pu or SNF (generated by traditional nuclear power plants and currently stored on a “temporary basis” around the country on the sites where it is generated with no permanent disposal plan presently available for it) to produce environmentally clean power. This technology can change unwanted nuclear materials into a valuable fuel for inexpensive carbon-neutral industrial processes and electricity production.
2. No Possibility for Large Volatile releases. GEM*STAR uses Molten-Salt fuel, derived safely and easily from W-Pu or SNF, which permits dangerous volatile radioactive elements to be continuously purged and safely stored.
3. GEM*STAR reactors never contain the critical mass of material needed for an uncontrolled self-sustaining chain reaction.
4. Major Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Impact! Nuclear proliferation issues are avoided since the molten-salt fuel does not need to be enriched or reprocessed.
5. GEM*STAR Adds Tremendously to U.S. Energy Independence and does not emit CO2. Using this technology, the 75,000 tons of U.S. stored SNF can be reburned without reprocessing, MOX fuel preparation, or danger of future weapons use, and with delayed and reduced storage requirements. This SNF is sufficient to provide all (500 GW) U.S. electrical power for over a hundred years.
The components exist and are proven technology
While GEM*STAR Power facilities do not currently exist, all of their distinct main components not only exist, but are, individually, proven technologies:
See more and subscribe to NextBigFuture at 2012-12-28 23:47:07 Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/12/accelerator-driven-sub-critical-reactor.html
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