Summary of HEDL Fusion Reactor Safety Support studies
Conference
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OSTI ID:6559450
The HEDL Fusion Reactor Safety Support studies are focused on characterizing blanket-coolant-material reactions for deuterium-tritium fusion reactor designs. The objective is to determine and examine potential safety and environmental issues associated with proposed blanket/coolant combinations under postulated accident conditions. The first studies considered liquid lithium as both blanket and coolant, and examined liquid lithium-material reactions. Liquid lithium reactions with oxygen, nitrogen, and various concretes have been characterized. Evaluations of lithium reaction extinguishment methods, lithium aerosol generation and collection, and the volatilization and transport of radioactive materials in connection with lithium-air reactions have been completed. Lithium compound blanket material reactions with water, a prime coolant candidate, have been characterized in terms of energy and gas release rates. Blanket materials considered were lithium aluminate, lithium oxide, lithium zirconate, lithium silicate, and lithium lead alloys (Li/sub 7/Pb/sub 2/ and Li/sub 17/Pb/sub 83/).
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC14-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 6559450
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2360; CONF-810352-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700206* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Environmental Aspects
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING BLANKETS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONCRETES
COOLANTS
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ALLOYS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM
LITHIUM ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
MATERIALS
METALS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SAFETY
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
700206* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Environmental Aspects
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING BLANKETS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONCRETES
COOLANTS
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ALLOYS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM
LITHIUM ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
MATERIALS
METALS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SAFETY
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS