Vanadium recycling for fusion reactors

Dolan, Thomas J.; Butterworth, G.J.

doi:10.2172/10167710

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“…Even if these procedures are very interesting for such alloys as vanadium [12], they do not seem to be competitive with the disposal as LLW in the case of relatively inexpensive materials made of many elements, like these two alloys.…”

Section: Activation Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of SEAFP waste recycling and clearance strategies to ITER

Cheng¹,

Rocco²,

Zucchetti³

2000

Fusion Engineering and Design

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The long-term action SEAFP of the E.C. Fusion Program investigates fusion power reactors design. SEAFP strategy for the management of activated material is here applied to ITER. This strategy aims to reduce the amount of radioactive waste by conditional recycling (re-use of the activated material) in novel fusion plants and by clearance (declassification of the material with low activity level to non-active waste). Limits on the surface dose rates of the activated material after an interim storage of 50 years are proposed here to define suitable recycling procedures. The possibility of clearance is assessed from limits on the specific activity of the material. These limits take into account the relative hazard of the various radionuclides contained in the material.It is shown that the amount of permanent radwaste arising from ITER may be substantially reduced to zero.

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Section: Activation Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%