Safety and Environmental Aspects of Inertial Fusion Energy: An Overview of Recent Activities and Developments in the United States
| Autor: | Jeffery F. Latkowski, Susana Reyes, Lee C. Cadwallader |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Inertial frame of reference Computer science 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Future risk 02 engineering and technology Shallow land burial 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Nuclear Energy and Engineering Work (electrical) Risk analysis (engineering) Ranking 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering General Materials Science Risk assessment Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1943-7641 1536-1055 |
| Popis: | During the past 2 yr, significant progress has been made in several areas related to the safety and environmental (S and E) aspects of inertial fusion energy (IFE). An updated methodology has been developed, and accident analyses have been performed for two IFE conceptual power plants and a target fabrication facility. Parallel to the consequence analyses of different accident scenarios, ongoing studies of accident initiating events are being used to support safety assessment and create a basic framework of types of events to consider in future risk characterization of new plant designs. Target designers/fabrication specialists have been provided with ranking information related to the S and E characteristics of candidate target materials. We have revisited waste management options for IFE, introducing the concept of clearance versus the traditional shallow land burial. A brief summary of results in each of these activities is given, and plans for future work are outlined. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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