[2N18-24] Ion Accelerator and its Application, Component Technology Development

[2N21] Reduction and Resource Recycling of High-level Radioactive Wastes through Nuclear Transmutation (Accelerator Technology)

(4)Study of MERIT(Mulitplex Energy Recovery Internal Target) on Intense Negative Muon Production for Muon Nuclear Transmutation

*Yoshiharu MORI¹, Yoshihiro Ishi¹, Akihiro Taniguchi¹, Tomonori Uesugi¹, Yasuhiro Kuriyama¹, Hidefumi Okita¹, Akira Sato², Michikazu Kinsyo³, Yasuhiro Miyake⁴, Masahiro Yoshimoto³ (1. kyoto universiry, 2. Osaka univeristy, 3. JAEA, 4. KEK)

Keywords:negative muon, nuclear transmutation

An intense muon source, MERIT(Multiplex Energy Recovery Internal Target), for muon nuclear transformation, in particular, to mitigate the long lived fission products of nuclear reactor wastes is presented.

This work was funded by ImPACT Program of Council for Science, Thechnology and Innovation (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)