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3. FUSION TECHNOLOGY
3.12 Safety and Environment, Power
Plant Studies and Socio-Economics
container of 1000-g capacity would not be considered unreasonable to limit the
number of shipments and hence the risk of possible hijacking by terrorists.
Tritium (and other fusion materials) is excluded from the Non-Proliferation Treaty;
nevertheless, tritium can be shipped across national borders only if there exists a
nuclear co-operation agreement between the countries involved.
Accident sequences analysis
Accident analyses have to verify that the future reactors concepts do no represent a
safety concern. A list of the data necessary for the accident analyses in the PPCS was
prepared [3.83]. The main scope of the work was to have a common database for the
analysts working on accident analyses, to avoid incongruent final results due to the
different assumptions and parameters used.
[3.83] M.T. Porfiri,
Required data for the
accident analyses in
power plant conceptual
study assessment, ENEA
FUS-TN-SA-SE-R-027
(2001)
3.12.6 European ITER site at Cadarache
In 2001, EFDA charged the European ITER Site Study Group (EISSG) with the tasks
of verifying whether the ITER Site Requirements and Assumptions could be met at
Cadarache and studying and estimating any necessary adaptation works. ENEA’s
Fusion Division acted as overall co-ordinator of the work and also provided
substantial support in the following fields:
Safety and Licensing. The scope of the task was to verify whether the ALARA
approach had been implemented in the ORE assessments for ITER and that it was
compatible with French regulations.
Socio-Economy. The Socio-Economic Research on Fusion (SERF) already performed
for the ITER Generic Site was reviewed for adaptation to Cadarache. The problem of
public awareness and acceptance of fusion was investigated.
Electrical Power Supply. The effect of the ITER electrical load on the Cadarache local
network was studied. The ITER power supply design modifications were identified
and evaluated, and improvements to the ITER design were suggested. ENEA was
also responsible for co-ordinating the work of other laboratories (CEA, RFX) and of
European industries (e.g., European Fusion Engineering & Technology).