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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
P.R. Ballantyne, A.C. Bell, J.L. Hemmerich
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 483-488
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29793
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The Joint European Torus (JET) Active Gas Handling System (AGHS) will store and process the tritium required for the active phase operation of JET. Numerous types of secondary containments are used to house the process components necessary for this processing and storage. Secondary containments are a key safety feature of the plant's design and provide a defence-in-depth against the release of tritium. The secondary containment designs, features, operating conditions and integrity monitoring and the role that they play in mitigating releases from the AGHS are discussed.
