[2B05-09] Progress of Accelerator Development for Nuclear Transmutation under ImPACT Program

[2B07] Advances of Accelerator Technology Development for Nuclear Transumutation in the ImPACT Program

(3)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 Okita², Akira Sato³, Michikaze Kinsho⁴, Kota Okabe⁴, Masahiro Yoshimoto⁴ (1. Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, 2. Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, 3. Osaka University, Graduated School of Science, 4. Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Keywords:negative muon, nuclear transmutation

Present status and future prodpect of 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)