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DESCRIPTION:Bruce Vogelaar \, Virginia Tech \n\nThe world faces serious ene
rgy issues\, and while nuclear energy could in principle address base-line
needs\, current methods intrinsically link it to proliferation\, waste\,
high-construction cost\, and safety issues. \nAdvances (as confirmed in th
e 2010 Department of Energy study) in accelerator technology (e.g. SRF at
JLab) now allow neutrons to be reliably generated at low-enough cost that
a reactor core with a critical mass of fissile material is no longer requ
ired. The combination obviates the historical incremental approach to nuc
lear energy being pursued in this country.\n
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\nThe GEM*STAR appro
ach to such an Accelerator Driven System (ADS) thus intrinsically breaks t
he links to issues which have crippled the \nnuclear energy option. It d
oes this by requiring: no enrichment\, \nno reprocessing\, no critical-mas
s on site\; and providing far deeper burning with orders-of-magnitude less
releasable radioactivity in its core and resulting in far less final wast
e. The project will demonstrate electricity cheaper than coal\, and could
beneficially utilize today's LWR spent fuel producing no additional waste
.\n
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\nResults from the recent workshop on ADS (hosted by VT and J
Lab) along with the new report from the DOE will be presented. GEM*STAR i
s a project of ADNA Corp. and the Virginia GEM*STAR Consortium (VCU\, VT\,
JLab\, UVA).\n
DTSTART:20101105T200000Z
LOCATION:Physics Building\, Room 204
SUMMARY:GEM*STAR (Green Energy-Multiplier: Sub-critical\, Thermal spectrum\
, Accelerator-driven\, Recycling Reactor)
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