VNECA Presentation Second Round of Funding for GEM*STAR (Proton*Power) $19 million from ADNA Corporation Accelerator Driven Neutron Applications Presented by Charles D. Bowman, Ph. D. and Ganapati Myneni Ph. D. March 20, 2018 Richmond, VA
Electricity cost Coal-Proton*Power 50 % CO2 comparison Proton*Power coal site 0% Capital CO2 Fixed O & M Gas combined cycle 50% CO2 Variable O & M Proton*Power New site 0% Fuel CO2 New Tax credit Coal 100 % CO2 LWR uranium 0% CO2 Wind 0% CO2 PV - Thin film utility 0 % CO2 With storage 0 50 100 150 Electricity cost ($ per MWh)
Eliminating Weapons-Useful Pu Using GEM*STAR Excess W-Pu (90 tons 239 Pu) (22,500 weapons ) Reactor Spent Fuel 80,000 tons (800 tons of Pu) (200,000 weapons ) Naval Reactor Spent Fuel (150 tons 235 U) (15,000 weapons ) Thorium Reactor Test Fuel (1 ton 233 U) (100 weapons) Conversion to T ransuranic Waste Intended for WIPP (15 tons 239 Pu) (3750 weapons) actinide and f. p. fluoride salt Total U. S. potential 241,000 weapons (Using MOX GEM*STAR accelerator modified) Enrichment GEM*STAR UF4 PuF3 UF4 subcritical Reprocessing reactor GEM* LWR FBR SMR STAR Nuclear technology landscape Mined 1,000 years Ocean Recycling engineered uranium Uranium without storage Nuclear reprocessing underground technology to 12% 242 Pu in Pu Then choose oblivion Dissolved Geologic salt at sea storage (unrecoverable ) (recoverable)
U. S. carbon 700 Emissions Getting to Zero Carbon with GEM*STAR 600 65 % U. S. Gigawatt electric 500 GEM*STAR natural uranium fuel 400 GEM*STAR Coal and natural gas Spent LWR fuel 300 Present-day nuclear (LWRs) 200 Wind and solar 100 GEM*STAR weapons plutonium 0 2025 2045 2065 2085 2105 U. S. Carbon Year Emissions 0 %
Integration by 2020 Towards GEM*STAR Demo in 2023 Funding for 2018 - 2020 Molten Salt $3 Sales of salt for molten salt for reactors Wood-to-Charcoal-to-diesel (BCLF) 1 Sale of non-nuclear activated charcoal 7 Li enrichment 3 Sale of 7 Li to today’s reactors for chem. balance Accelerator technology 3 Accelerator collaboration with EU GEM*STAR design 9 Construction plans for subcritical facility Total $19 million Final GEM*STAR demo needs $350 million in 2020 ($70 million private and 280 million SBA loan
Burn-up weighted Pu isotopes 1 W-Pu burned once through GEM*STAR reduces Pu mass by 3, 0.9 and with changed isotopic distribution 0.8 reduces weapons by 10 0.7 Twice through GEM*STAR 0.6 reduces Pu mass by 10 and reduces weapons by 50 0.5 0.4 0.3 W-Pu Thru FBR 0.2 Once thru LWR 0.1 Twice thu LWR 0 Once thru GEM*STAR 239 Twice thru GEM*STAR 240 241 242
Spontaneous Fission 1 97 % W-Pu will yield Neutron Impact at least 5 KT 0.9 on Yield Probability with properly timed Implosion speed 0.8 twice Trinity 88 % of W-Pu thru fast reactors 3 kg W-Pu 0.7 will yield at least 5 KT with properly timed 0.6 neutron pulse 47 % of LWR-burned W-Pu 0.5 will yield at least 5 KT 0.4 with only spontaneous fission neutrons 0.3 0.2 No burning 34 tons (3 kg) Once through FBR 39 tons (4.14… 0.1 Once MOX in LWR 37.5 tons (5.24… Once GEM*STAR 10 tons (8.5 kg) 0 Twice MOX in LWR 40 tons (10 kg) Dud 1 to 2.5 2.5 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 20 Twice GEM*STAR 3.4 tons (15.6… 20 Yield in kilotons
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