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WIPP improves utility shaft safety, begins infrastructure project
Harrison Western Shaft Sinkers (HWSS), the company drilling a new utility shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, has retained a safety culture expert following a near-miss accident in the shaft late last year. The safety expert will conduct monthly facilitated discussions with crews working on the shaft to reinforce expectations for identifying concerns regarding unsafe circumstances, according to a recent report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB).
Takeo Muroga, Hiroyasu Tanigawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | October 2017 | Pages 389-397
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1330641
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This paper reports Japanese strategy for developing blanket structural materials for DEMO. In the Japanese program, the candidate materials are categorized into Primary Option (RAFM) and Advanced Options (V-alloy, SiC/SiC, ODS-RAFM etc.). A staged development is planned corresponding to the three decision-making points (DPs), DP1: Intermediate check and review (C&R), DP2: Decision of transition of research and development (R&D) focus to DEMO, and DP3: Decision of DEMO construction. The near-term D-Li neutron source (A-FNS) and IFMIF are regarded as key facilities for the development. The strategy emphasizes “standardization” as an important step toward DEMO design qualification and licensing. The procedure to standard materials specifications by way of establishing structural design criteria and materials property requirements, and the procedure’s interaction with the schedule of irradiation data acquisition are discussed.