%0 Journal Article %T Description of the European Helium-Cooled EFIT Plant: An Industrial-Scale Accelerator-Driven System for Minor Actinide Transmutation—II %+ CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)) %+ AMEC %+ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) %+ AREVA NP - Centre Technique (FRANCE) %+ Centre d'Etude de Saclay %A Pignatel, J.-F. %A Richard, P. %A Rimpault, G. %A Murgatroyd, Julian %A Stainsby, R. %A Schikorr, M. %A Bubelis, E. %A Larmignat, S. %A Woaye-Hune, A. %A Ridikas, D. %A Takibayev, A. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0029-5450 %J Nuclear Technology %I American Nuclear Society %V 180 %N 2 %P 264-296 %8 2017-03-27 %D 2017 %R 10.13182/NT11-97 %Z Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th] %Z Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]Journal articles %X In order to reduce the volume and the radiotoxicityof the nuclear waste coming from the operation of existingpressurized water reactors, accelerator-driven systems(ADSs) have been envisioned.The Helium-cooled (He) European Facility forIndustrial-scale Transmutation (He-EFIT) concept is theEUROpean Research Programme for the TRANSmutationof High Level Nuclear Waste in Accelerator DrivenSystem (EUROTRANS) Integrated Project (IP) (EUROTRANSIP) backup option, whereas Pb-cooled EFITis the reference one. The plant has a power of ;400MW(thermal). Like all ADS plants, it consists of threemain components: the accelerator, the spallation targetmodule, and the subcritical core.This paper describes the He-EFIT design at the endof the EUROTRANS IP as well as the studies performedto support this design: spallation performances, trasmutationcapabilities, and plant safety analyses.No specific technology deadlock has been identified,and it might be possible to build such a plant given necessaryresearch and development in support. %G English %L cea-02864669 %U https://cea.hal.science/cea-02864669 %~ CEA %~ DEN