Title :
ITER safety challenges and opportunities
Author_Institution :
Idaho Nat. Eng. Lab., EG&G Idaho Inc., Idaho Falls, ID, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-3 Oct 1991
Abstract :
The challenges for the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in safety and environment are presented, along with some thoughts on how to overcome them. The first programmatic challenge is to fund a comprehensive safety and environmental ITER R&D plan. The second is to strengthen safety and environment work and personnel in the international team. The third is to establish an external consultant group to advise the ITER Joint Team on how to meet safety requirements for siting by any of the parties. The first of three key technical challenges is plasma engineering. The second is the divertor. The third technical challenge is optimization of design requirements. Fuel cycle design requirements are presently too strict, mandating inappropriate T separation from H and D. Heat sink requirements are presently too lax; they should be strengthened to ensure that maximum loss-of-coolant accident temperatures drop
Keywords :
accidents; fusion reactor fuel; fusion reactor safety; fusion reactor theory and design; tritium handling; ITER; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; T separation; design requirements; divertor; environment work; fuel cycle design; fusion safety; heat sinks; loss-of-coolant accident; plasma engineering; safety challenges; Fuels; Fusion reactors; Hazards; Physics; Plasma chemistry; Plasma temperature; Power generation; Research and development; Safety; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1991. Proceedings., 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0132-3
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1991.218754
