On the Feasibility of Plasma Separation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Components in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field

• Published in: Plasma physics reports Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 454 - 458
• Main Authors: Smirnov, V. P., Samokhin, A. A., Gavrikov, A. V., Kuzmichev, S. D., Usmanov, R. A., Vorona, N. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Actinides; Atomic; Computer simulation; Fission products; Light elements; Magnetic fields; Mathematical analysis; Molecular; Nonuniform magnetic fields; Nuclear fuels; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Plasma Technologies; Radioactive wastes; Separation; Spent nuclear fuels

A new concept of plasma separation of spent nuclear fuel components in a variable-cross-section chamber with a nonuniform magnetic field is proposed. Numerical simulation performed in axisymmetric geometry in the single-particle approximation have shown that, in a nonuniform magnetic field of <1....