A European XT-ADS at MolMYRRHA 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 have MYRRHA fully operational around 2022-2023.
(*) XT-ADS = eXperimental demonstration of Transmutation in ADS |