Safety procedures for the MFTF sustaining-neutral-beam power supply

Conference · Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5872576

Wilson, J H

The MFTF SNBPSS comprises a number of sources of potentially hazardous electrical energy in a small physical area. Power is handled at 80 kV dc, 80 A; 70 V dc, 4000 A; 25 V dc, 5500 A; 3 kV dc, 10 A; and 2 kV dc, 10 A. Power for these systems is furnished from two separate 480 V distribution systems and a 13.8 kV distribution system. A defense in depth approach is used; interlocks are provided in the hardware to make it difficult to gain access to an energized circuit, and the operating procedure includes precautions which would protect personnel even if no interlocks were working. The complexity of the system implies a complex operating procedure, and this potential complexity is controlled by presenting the procedure in a modular form using 37 separate checklists for specific operations. The checklists are presented in flowchart form, so contingencies can be handled at the lowest possible level without compromising safety.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5872576
• Report Number(s): UCRL-86072; CONF-811040-48; ON: DE82002056; TRN: 82-001471
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. symposium on engineering problems of fusion research, Chicago, IL, USA, 26 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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