Radiological impact of an intense fusion economy

The radiological impact of an intense fusion economy, a 1000 GW operating capacity for a 1000 years, were investigated regarding the isotopes 14C and tritium. Both isotopes participate in global material cycles, the carbon and the water cycle. If a retention time of 10 000 years is assumed for the s...

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Published in:Fusion engineering and design 2001-11, Vol.58, p.1037-1042
Main Authors: Hamacher, T., Korhonen, R., Aquilonius, K., Cabal, H., Hallberg, B., Lechón, Y., Lepicard, S., Sáez, R.M., Schneider, T., Ward, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
14C emissions
Accident prevention
Applied sciences
Controled nuclear fusion plants
Costs
Dosimetry
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Environmental impact
Exact sciences and technology
Industrial economics
Industrial emissions
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
Intense fusion economy
Isotopes
Radiation effects
Radiology
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Summary:The radiological impact of an intense fusion economy, a 1000 GW operating capacity for a 1000 years, were investigated regarding the isotopes 14C and tritium. Both isotopes participate in global material cycles, the carbon and the water cycle. If a retention time of 10 000 years is assumed for the stored waste, 14C emissions from the repositories dominate the radiation impacts. While the cumulated collective doses over a long term period are rather high and according to the discount rate selected would lead to significant external costs, the individual doses are small compared with the doses associated with the natural background radiation.
ISSN:0920-3796
1873-7196
DOI:10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00544-0