Transmutation with fast neutrons

Nuclear Transmutation is one way to reduce the amount nuclear waste that has to be disposed for hundred thousands of years. The idea is to convert long lived isotopes in to short lived ones by nuclear interaction with fast neutrons. This procedure will take place in future types of nuclear facilities, like generation IV reactors or accelerator driven systems. At the neutron time-of-flight setup nELBE at Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf experiments will be performed to obtain neutron induced reaction cross sections which are necessary to develop and construct such facilities.