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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.
Mohamed E. Sawan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1579-1583
Fusion Power Plants and Economics | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963176
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A 1.2 m thick zone of blanket tubes is needed for the LIBRA-SP chamber wall to be a lifetime component. The roof should be located at 17 m from the target to be a lifetime component. The depth of the LiPb pool should be 0.6 m for the bottom plate to be a lifetime component. The required biological shield thickness is 2.5 m on the side and 2.6 m at the top. The overall TBR is 1.435 and the overall energy multiplication is 1.18. The diode casing as well as the cathode and anode feed bus-bars are lifetime components. If ceramic insulators are used in the magnet coils, they will be lifetime components. If organic insulators are used, the coils have to be replaced once in the life of the reactor.
