Trends in radiation protection: possible effects on fusion power plant design

Since the design of fusion power plants involves long-term issues, ranging over several decades, it is useful to try to foresee under what kind of regulations the first fusion plants are to be operated. Application of present radiological regulations and practice to a fusion power plant concept is c...

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Published in:Fusion engineering and design 2003-09, Vol.69 (1), p.621-624
Main Authors: Eurajoki, Tapani, Frı&#x0301, as, Manuel Pascual, Orlandi, Sergio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Controled nuclear fusion plants
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Fusion
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
Power plants
Radiation protection
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Summary:Since the design of fusion power plants involves long-term issues, ranging over several decades, it is useful to try to foresee under what kind of regulations the first fusion plants are to be operated. Application of present radiological regulations and practice to a fusion power plant concept is considered. The current design phase of fusion power plants motivates the top-down dose assessment, but it is crucial to aim at bottom-up assessments to ensure radiation doses as low as reasonably achievable. Since several issues, relating both to our knowledge on radiation as well as to the practice of radiation protection, may change in the future, it is necessary to continuously follow the development in the further design of fusion power plants.
ISSN:0920-3796
1873-7196
DOI:10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00188-1