Equations of evolution of a hybrid soliton nuclear reactor (Q876113)

The soliton reactor -- a type introduced by E. Teller, E. P. Feoktistov and H. Sekimoto -- is combined here to have advantages of the accelerator driven systems and the encapsulated systems. The concept is outlined. The body of the reactor is a long and thin cyinder which contains fertile and fissile material (e.g. nuclear waste products to be destroyed). The axis of the cylinder is empty and is the very place through which a source of neutrons moves at a velocity controlled from the outside by the user. This source could be a beam of protons which hits the wall of the internal channel to produce neutrons. The internal wall is made of tungsten to resist high temperatures. The chemical composition of the reactor is fixed. The source of neutrons is switched on at one extremity of the cylinder and slowly moved inside the channel. In such a way the neutrons (1) transmute the fertile material into fissile one, (2) induce fission and produce further neutrons and (3) degrade the highly excited nuclear waste products. The reactor is planned to function about 30 years, the estimated optimum length is 20 meters, the diameter 0,6 meters. The calculation for the plan is given. The stability and the limit of existence discussed. References cite 18 publications.