13 Study on Neutron Spectrum of Pulsed Neutron Reactor . . . . . . . . . 129
Takanori Kitada, Thanh Mai Vu, and Noboru Dobuchi
Part V Next-Generation Reactor Systems: Development of New
Reactor Concepts of LWR or FBR for the Next-Generation
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
14 Application of the Resource-Renewable Boiling Water
Reactor for TRU Management and Long-Term
Energy Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tetsushi Hino, Masaya Ohtsuka, Renzo Takeda,
Junichi Miwa, and Kumiaki Moriya
15 Development of Uranium-Free TRU Metallic Fuel
Fast Reactor Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Kyoko Ishii, Mitsuaki Yamaoka, Yasuyuki Moriki,
Takashi Oomori, Yasushi Tsuboi, Kazuo Arie,
and Masatoshi Kawashima
16 Enhancement of Transmutation of Minor Actinides
by Hydride Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Kenji Konashi and Tsugio Yokoyama
17 Method Development for Calculating Minor Actinide
Transmutation in a Fast Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Toshikazu Takeda, Koji Fujimura, and Ryota Yamada
18 Overview of European Experience with Thorium Fuels . . . . . . . . . 197
Didier Haas, M. Hugon, and M. Verwerft
Part VI Reactor Physics Studies for Post-Fukushima Accident
Nuclear Energy: Studies from the Reactor Physics Aspect
for Back-End Issues Such as Treatment of Debris
from the Fukushima Accident
19 Transmutation Scenarios after Closing Nuclear
Power Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Kenji Nishihara, Kazufumi Tsujimoto, and Hiroyuki Oigawa
20 Sensitivity Analyses of Initial Compositions and Cross
Sections for Activation Products of In-Core
Structure Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Kento Yamamoto, Keisuke Okumura, Kensuke Kojima,
and Tsutomu Okamoto
21 Options of Principles of Fuel Debris Criticality Control
in Fukushima Daiichi Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Kotaro Tonoike, Hiroki Sono, Miki Umeda,
Yuichi Yamane, Teruhiko Kugo, and Kenya Suyama
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Takanori Kitada, Thanh Mai Vu, and Noboru Dobuchi
Part V Next-Generation Reactor Systems: Development of New
Reactor Concepts of LWR or FBR for the Next-Generation
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
14 Application of the Resource-Renewable Boiling Water
Reactor for TRU Management and Long-Term
Energy Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tetsushi Hino, Masaya Ohtsuka, Renzo Takeda,
Junichi Miwa, and Kumiaki Moriya
15 Development of Uranium-Free TRU Metallic Fuel
Fast Reactor Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Kyoko Ishii, Mitsuaki Yamaoka, Yasuyuki Moriki,
Takashi Oomori, Yasushi Tsuboi, Kazuo Arie,
and Masatoshi Kawashima
16 Enhancement of Transmutation of Minor Actinides
by Hydride Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Kenji Konashi and Tsugio Yokoyama
17 Method Development for Calculating Minor Actinide
Transmutation in a Fast Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Toshikazu Takeda, Koji Fujimura, and Ryota Yamada
18 Overview of European Experience with Thorium Fuels . . . . . . . . . 197
Didier Haas, M. Hugon, and M. Verwerft
Part VI Reactor Physics Studies for Post-Fukushima Accident
Nuclear Energy: Studies from the Reactor Physics Aspect
for Back-End Issues Such as Treatment of Debris
from the Fukushima Accident
19 Transmutation Scenarios after Closing Nuclear
Power Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Kenji Nishihara, Kazufumi Tsujimoto, and Hiroyuki Oigawa
20 Sensitivity Analyses of Initial Compositions and Cross
Sections for Activation Products of In-Core
Structure Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Kento Yamamoto, Keisuke Okumura, Kensuke Kojima,
and Tsutomu Okamoto
21 Options of Principles of Fuel Debris Criticality Control
in Fukushima Daiichi Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Kotaro Tonoike, Hiroki Sono, Miki Umeda,
Yuichi Yamane, Teruhiko Kugo, and Kenya Suyama
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