Title :
Elements of successful and safe fusion experiment operations
Author :
Rule, K. ; Cadwallader, L. ; Takase, Y. ; Norimatsu, T. ; Kaneko, O. ; Sato, M. ; Savercool, R.
Author_Institution :
Princeton Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A group of fusion safety professionals contribute to a Joint Working Group (JWG) that performs occupational safety walkthroughs of US and Japanese fusion experiments on a routine basis to enhance the safety of visiting researchers. The most recent walkthrough was completed in Japan in March 2008 by the US Safety Monitor team. This paper gives the general conclusions on fusion facility personnel safety that can be drawn from the series of walkthroughs.
Keywords :
fusion reactor operation; fusion reactor safety; nuclear facility regulation; nuclear reactor maintenance; JWG; Japanese fusion experiments; Joint Working Group; US Safety Monitor team; fusion facility; fusion safety operations; maintenance; Atom lasers; Best practices; Laboratories; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Monitoring; Occupational safety; Power engineering and energy; Tokamaks; US Department of Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2635-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2636-2
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226517
