To take accelerator transmutation of nuclear fuel one step further, research is being conducted on improving accelerator driven systems that will both produce nuclear power and reduce nuclear waste. [2] In these systems fission reactions are driven by the stream of neutrons delivered by the accelerator, which allows for fertile fuel to be used. A good candidate fuel for this type of system is thorium-232, which is more abundant than current nuclear fuel sources. This isotope will absorb slow neutrons and transmute into a the fissile material uranium-233. The process of converting thorium-232 to uranium-233 for fuel can be engineered to produce less waste by incinerating waste actinides and the long term fission products. ADS could also offer added security by processing the waste on site where uranium-235 is burned large.stanford.edu/courses/2011/ph241/noll1/
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