@article{3075028, title = "Experimental verification of neutron phenomenology in lead and of transmutation by adiabatic resonance crossing in accelerator driven systems: A summary of the TARC Project at CERN", author = "Abánades, A. and Aleixandre, J. and Andriamonje, S. and Angelopoulos, A. and Apostolakis, A. and Arnould, H. and Belle, E. and Bompas, C.A. and Brozzi, D. and Bueno, J. and Buono, S. and Carminati, F. and Casagrande, F. and Cennini, P. and Collar, J.I. and Cerro, E. and Del Moral, R. and Díez, S. and Dumps, L. and Eleftheriadis, C. and Embid, M. and Fernández, R. and Gálvez, J. and García, J. and Gelès, C. and Giorni, A. and González, E. and González, O. and Goulas, I. and Heuer, D. and Hussonnois, M. and Kadi, Y. and Karaiskos, P. and Kitis, G. and Klapisch, R. and Kokkas, P. and Lacoste, V. and Le Naour, C. and López, C. and Loiseaux, J.M. and Martínez-Val, J.M. and Méplan, O. and Nifenecker, H. and Oropesa, J. and Papadopoulos, I. and Pavlopoulos, P. and Pérez-Enciso, E. and Pérez-Navarro, A. and Perlado, M. and Placci, A. and Poza, M. and Revol, J.-P. and Rubbia, C. and Rubio, J.A. and Sakelliou, L. and Saldaa, F. and Savvidis, E. and Schussler, F. and Sirvent, C. and Tamarit, J. and Trubert, D. and Tzima, A. and Viano, J.B. and Vieira, S. and Vlachoudis, V. and Zioutas, K.", journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment", year = "2001", volume = "463", number = "3", pages = "586-592", doi = "10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00173-5", keywords = "Adiabatic resonance crossing; Spallation neutrons; Transmutation, Computer simulation; Fission products; Iodine; Neutrons; Proton beams; Radioactive wastes; Resonance; Technetium, Particle accelerators", abstract = "The Transmutation by Adiabatic Resonance Crossing (TARC) experiment was carried out as PS211 at the CERN PS from 1996 to 1999. Energy and space distributions of spallation neutrons (produced by 2.5 and 3.57 GeV/c CERN proton beams) slowing down in a 3.3 × 3.3 × 3 m 3 lead volume and neutron capture rates on long-lived fission fragments 99Tc and 129I demonstrate that Adiabatic Resonance Crossing (ARC) can be used to eliminate efficiently such nuclear waste and validate innovative simulation. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V." }