Understanding Accelerator Driven System (ADS) Based Green Nuclear Energy: A Review

Mohammad Kamal Hossain^*, Md. Abu Taher, Mithun Kumar Das

Department of Physics, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.4236/wjnst.2015.54028                

Abstract

This paper reflects the scopes of accelerator driven system (ADS) based nuclear energy, as a reliable source of electric energy generation, comparing to the other existing non-renewable and renewable sources. There are different limitations in the use of every source of electric energy but in consideration of minimum environmental impact, exclusively inherently low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, and also, high life time with maximum power production efficiency, nuclear would be the best choice. From this study it was found that several difficulties involved in the ADS based energy production, more specifically, difficulties regarding the target parameters, coding system, waste management, etc. Hence suggestions from this study points out that if it is possible to ensure more energy efficient production of enriched uranium, improved nuclear fuels and reactors that allow greater utilization, extended life times for nuclear power plants (NPPs) that reduce the need to build new facilities, improved coding system capable of minimizing the discrepancy between theoretical and experimental calculation of spallation products, improved data library with sufficiently available high energy nuclear data to perform a better coding analysis, and finally, considering the environmental safety if the disposal of the radioactive wastes could manage more effectively, nuclear energy would then play a significant role in minimizing future energy crisis worldwide as well as to save our loving green earth.

Keywords

Green Nuclear Energy, Spallation, Accelerator Driven System, Transmutation of Wastes, Sustainable Energy Development

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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