The present invention relates generally to a resolution of the waste problem associated with the various fission-based technologies by waste transmutation using an accelerator-generated intense thermal neutron flux, and more particularly to the reduction in the period for management of existing commercial and defense nuclear waste to a time period comparable to the human lifespan and allows future production of nuclear power and material without generation of wastes requiring long term storage. The apparatus has significant operational safety advantages over existing technology since it operates well below nuclear criticality and with a greatly reduced inventory of radioactive nuclear material. The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36 between the Department of Energy and the University of California.
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