Key Aspects of the Safety Study of a Water-Cooled Fusion DEMO Reactor

Key aspects of the safety study of a water-cooled fusion DEMO reactor is reported. Safety requirements, dose target, DEMO plant model and confinement strategy of the safety study are briefly introduced. The internal hazard of a water-cooled DEMO, i.e. identification of hazardous inventories, identif...

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Published in:Plasma and fusion research 2015-01, Vol.9, p.1405139-1405139
Main Authors: Nakamura, Makoto, Tobita, Kenji, Someya, Youji, Tanigawa, Hisashi, Gulden, Werner, Sakamoto, Yoshiteru, Araki, Takao, Watanabe, Kazuhito, Matsumiya, Hisato, Ishii, Kyoko, Utoh, Hiroyasu, Takase, Haruhiko, Hayashi, Takumi, Satou, Akira, Yonomoto, Taisuke, Federici, Gianfranco, Okano, Kunihiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooling
LOCA
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear power generation
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear safety
Reactors
Walls
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Summary:Key aspects of the safety study of a water-cooled fusion DEMO reactor is reported. Safety requirements, dose target, DEMO plant model and confinement strategy of the safety study are briefly introduced. The internal hazard of a water-cooled DEMO, i.e. identification of hazardous inventories, identification of stored energies that can mobilize these hazardous inventories and identification of accident initiators and scenarios, are evaluated. It is pointed out that the enthalpy in the first wall/blanket cooling loops, the decay heat and the energy potentially released by the Be-steam chemical reaction are of special concern for the water-cooled DEMO. An ex-vessel loss-of-coolant accident (ex-VV LOCA) of the first wall/blanket cooling loop is also quantitatively analyzed. The integrity of the building against the ex-VV LOCA is discussed.
ISSN:1880-6821