MYRRHA: Multi-purpose hybrid research reactor for high-tech applications

A European XT-ADS at Mol

MYRRHA is an Accelerator Driven System (ADS) under development at Mol in Belgium. It aims to serve as a basis for the European XT-ADS(*) and to provide protons and neutrons for various R&D applications. It consists of a proton accelerator delivering a 600 MeV - 2.5 mA (or 350 MeV - 5 mA proton beam) to a liquid Pb-Bi spallation target that in turn couples to a Pb-Bi cooled, subcritical fast nuclear core. The project started in 1997 and the aim is to put MYRRHA in service in 2016-2018.

(*) XT-ADS = eXperimental demonstration of Transmutation in ADS