Safety, Environmental Impact, and Economic Prospects of Nuclear Fusion

ISBN-13: 9781461278955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str.

Bruno Brunelli; Heinz Knoepfel

Opis

This book contains the lectures and the concluding discussion of the "Seminar on Safety, Environmental Impact, and Economic Prospects of Nuclear Fusion," which was held at Erice, August 6-12, 1989. In selecting the contributions to this 9th meeting held by the International School of Fusion Reactor Technology at the E. Majorana Center for Scientific Cul ture in Erice, we tried to provide a comprehensive coverage of the many interre lated and interdisciplinary aspects of what ultimately turns out to be the global acceptance criteria of our society with respect to controlled nuclear fusion. Consequently, this edited collection of the papers presented should provide an overview of these issues. We thus hope that this book, with its extensive subject index, will also be of interest and help to nonfusion specialists and, in general, to those who from curiosity or by assignment are required to be informed on these as pects of fusion energy."

Spis treści

I. Summary of General Studies on Safety, Environmental Impact and Cost of Magnetic Fusion.- Fusion Reactor Economic, Safety, and Environmental Prospects.- European Studies on Safety, Environmental Impact, and Cost of Magnetic Fusion Power.- General Methodology of Safety Analysis/Evaluation for Fusion Energy Systems (GEMSAFE) and its Applications.- Summary of the U.S. Senior Committee on Environmental, Safety, and Economic Aspects of Magnetic Fusion Energy (ESECOM).- II. General Program Evaluation.- The Energy Scene in the Mid-21st Century.- Review of Plasma Physics Constraints.- The Status of Inertial Confined Fusion Research in the US.- III. Feasibility Problems.- Main Issues in Fusion Reactor System Engineering.- Special Materials for Fusion Reactors.- Feasibility Aspects of the D-3He Fuel Cycle in Tokamak Power Reactor Plants.- Feasibility, Safety and Environmental Aspects of D-3He Fusion.- IV. Component Related Safety and Environmental Problems.- First Wall and Blanket Safety.- Tritium Environmental Risk in Future Fusion Reactors.- V. Safety and Economy of Fusion Proto-Reactors.- Safety and Environmental Impact of ITER/NET.- Cost Analysis of Next Step Devices and the Implications for Reactors.- Pulsed Versus Steady-State Reactor Operation in View of Safety and Economy.- VI. Panel Discussions and Conclusions.- Short Contributions: “Materials Selection for Fusion” (G.J. Butterworth);.- “Lessons from Fission — A Personal Perspective” (E.C. Brolin).- “Dose Limits for Fusion Reactors” (P. Rocco).- “Public Acceptance of Nuclear Fusion” (M. Snykers).- Panel Discussion on Safety and Environmental Impact of Fusion Reactors.- Panel Discussion on Economic Prospects of Fusion Reactors.- Concluding Panel.- VII. Miscellanea.- Participants.- International School of Fusion Reactor Technology.- Index, including explanation of abbreviations, acronyms, and radiological units.