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

[2N22] Reduction and Resource Recycling of High-level Radioactive Wastes through Nuclear Transmutation (Accelerator Technology)

(5)Status of the Proof-of-Principle Experiment on MERIT Scheme

*Kota Okabe¹, Yoshihiro Ishi², Tomonori Uesugi², Yasuhiro Kuriyama¹, Michikazu Kinsho¹, Akihiro Taniguchi², Hidefumi Okita², Akira Sato³, Yasuhiro Miyake⁴, Yoshiharu Mori² (1. JAEA/J -PARC, 2. Kyoto Univ., 3. Osaka Univ., 4. KEK)

Keywords: muon nuclear transformation, Accelerator, Scheme of intense muon Production

Present status of the proof-of-principle experiment on MERIT(Multiplex Energy Recovery Internal Target) scheme of intense muon production for muon nuclear transformation to mitigate the long lived fission products is presented.

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