Modeling of fusion reactor environmental and safety aspects

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5900509

Ho, S K; Fowler, T K; Grossman, L M; Holdren, J P ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)

The feasibility of a fusion power reactor is determined by its economic competitiveness and its environmental and safety performance. The Senior Committee on Environmental, Safety, and Economic Aspects of Magnetic Fusion Energy report has demonstrated the importance of integrating the environmental, safety, and economic issues and has described the large amount of work required in these areas. It is also recommended that environmental and safety should be incorporated into fusion reactor design studies so that these factors can be incorporated into the machine design. In this paper, work by the Berkeley fusion engineering group in developing environmental and safety computational modules is presented. Various aspects of neutron activation, tritium activity, radiological accident doses, and waste disposal are included.

• OSTI ID: 5900509
• Report Number(s): CONF-910603--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700490* -- Fusion Technology-- Economics-- (1992-)
ACCIDENTS
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
ACTIVITY LEVELS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DESIGN
DOSES
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION ACCIDENTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOISOTOPES
SAFETY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES