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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
G. R. Hopkins, E. T. Cheng, R. L. Creedon, I. Maya, K. R. Schultz, P. Trester, C. P. C. Wong
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1251-1256
Blanket and First Wall Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23029
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A design study for a low activation tokamak fusion reactor based on the STARFIRE baseline design has been done. The major components of limiter, first wall, blanket, shield and toroidal field coils have all been designed with very low activation materials and the designs appear technically achievable. The result provides a fusion power reactor with a high degree of direct personnel access for maintenance and repair, with a large reduction in safety and environmental impact, and with much reduced waste disposal problems. This low activation design also appears economically attractive and is expected to have a high degree of public acceptance.