Comparison of the nuclear safety aspects of a fusion ignition experiment and a fusion research facility

Author

Parish ; Schlapper, G. ; Carrera ; Charbeneau, R. ; Klein, David

fYear

1990

fDate

21-23 May 1990

Firstpage

94

Abstract

Summary form only given. The nuclear safety aspects of IGNITEX were analyzed and compared with the nuclear safety hazards of a 1-MW, fission-research reactor facility. Based on possible accident scenarios for the proposed fusion ignition research facility and on the results of the comparison, an analysis of siting considerations for IGNITEX was performed. The atmospheric dispersion of released fusion-fuel tritium gas in worst-case accident scenarios for IGNITEX was investigated. Attention was given to total inventory of radioactive materials, routine and accidental releases of liquid and gaseous radioactive effluents, waste disposal, and decommissioning

Keywords

fission reactor safety; fusion reactor safety; 1 MW; IGNITEX; T gas release; accidental releases; atmospheric dispersion; decommissioning; fusion ignition experiment; fusion research facility; fusion-fuel; gaseous radioactive effluents; inventory; liquid; nuclear safety aspects; radioactive materials; siting considerations; waste disposal; worst-case accident scenarios;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1990. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1990 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oakland, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1990.110533

Filename

5725810