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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
M. Z. Youssef, P. Batistoni, L. Patrizzi, T. Wareing, I. M. Davis
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 4 | November 2007 | Pages 801-806
Technical Paper | Nuclear Analysis and Experiments | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1589
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The calculation accuracy of the newly developed 3D discrete ordinates code, Attila, is benchmarked by comparing its prediction to the measured data in two mockups bombarded by 14 MeV neutron source of the FNG facility located at Frascati, Italy. The results are also compared to those based on MCNP Monte Carlo code for the same measured reactions. The experimental mock-ups simulate parts of ITER in-vessel components, namely, the tungsten (W) mockup and the ITER shielding blanket. The first mockup was used to validate W data as a material for plasma facing component. A streaming path was introduced in the second configuration. The objective of this paper is to benchmark Attila code to determine its adequacy for fusion application. Another objective is to compare results based on two distinctive 3D calculation tools using the same nuclear data, FENDL2.1, and the same response function (IRDF-90) for measured data. The results of these comparisons are reported in this paper.