Safety Considerations in Next Step Fusion Design and Beyond
Conference
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OSTI ID:5791696
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Recent U.S. and international design studies provide insights into the potential safety and environmental advantages of fusion as well as the development needed to realize this potential. We in the Fusion Safety Program at EG&G Idaho have analyzed the Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT), the International Thermonuclear Engineering Reactor (ITER), and the Advanced Reactor Innovative Engineering Study (ARIES). I have reviewed these three designs to determine issues related to meeting the safety and the environmental goals that guide fusion development in the U.S. The paper lists safety and environmental issues that are generic to fusion and approaches to favorably resolve each issue. The technical developments that have the highest potential of contributing to improving the safety and environmental attractiveness of fusion are identified and discussed. These developments are in the areas of low-activation materials, plasma- facing components, and plasma physics relating to off-normal plasma events and tritium burn-up.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- OSTI ID:
- 5791696
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-M--90195; IAEA-CN--53/H-1-3; CONF-901025--47; ON: DE91013214
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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