Recent Accomplishments and Future Directions in US Fusion Safety & Environmental Program
The US fusion program has long recognized that the safety and environmental (S&E) potential of fusion can be attained by prudent materials selection, judicious design choices, and integration of safety requirements into the design of the facility. To achieve this goal, S&E research is focused on understanding the behavior of the largest sources of radioactive and hazardous materials in a fusion facility, understanding how energy sources in a fusion facility could mobilize those materials, developing integrated state of the art S&E computer codes and risk tools for safety assessment, and evaluating S&E issues associated with current fusion designs. In this paper, recent accomplishments are reviewed and future directions outlined.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-99ID-13727
- OSTI ID:
- 911666
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-06-11493; TRN: US0800070
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IAEA Technical Meeting,Vienna, Austria,07/10/2006,07/14/2006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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