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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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Zaporizhzhia ‘extremely fragile’ relying on single off-site power line, IAEA warns
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has just one remaining power line for essential nuclear safety and security functions, compared with its original 10 functional lines before the military conflict with Russia, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
J. Gomez del Rio, J. Sanz, S. Reyes, J. F. Latkowski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1008-1012
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963374
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Estimating radiological risks is an essential part of an assessment of fusion as an attractive source of energy. Due to the limited data specific to radionuclides of interest to fusion reactors, one of the goals of this work is to expand the Dose Conversion Factors (DCF) library for use in the calculation of different types of off-site doses and associated health effect consequences. This expansion accounts for about 300 radionuclides included in accidental activity releases from HYLIFE-II and SOMBRERO IFE Power Plants. Furthermore, for each of the radionuclides included in the new DCF library, we address a parametric study of accident consequences by varying the atmospheric stability, wind speed, rain conditions, and thermal plume rise. The results of these calculations allow us to identify the most troublesome radionuclides in terms of safety consequences as well as the impact of the different atmospheric scenarios.