The superconducting radio frequency technology that Fermilab scientists are helping to develop could one day pave the way to cleaner nuclear power.
In October, Fermilab hosted physicists and engineers from around the world at the Workshop on the Applications of High-Intensity Proton Accelerators to consider this idea and others.
In this video, three attendees of the international workshop discuss the potential benefits of using accelerator-driven systems to produce fuel and recycle nuclear waste. Srikumar Banerjee of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai; Alex Stanculescu of International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna; and Rajendran Raja of Fermilab offer their perspectives.
The Fermilab workshop served as a precursor to the Symposium on Accelerators for America's Future in Washington, DC. See the meeting agenda and watch videos of presentations from the symposium here.
