Experimental verification of neutron phenomenology in lead and transmutation by adiabatic resonance crossing in accelerator driven systems

摘要

Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (from 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 * 3.3 * 3 m~3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission fragments ~(99)Tc and ~(129)I demonstrate that Adiabatic Resonance Grossing (ARC) can be used to eliminate efficiently such nuclear waste and validate innovative simulation.