Safety and Environmental Aspects of HYLIFE-II
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Fusion Technology
- Vol. 19 (3P2B) , 1392-1397
- https://doi.org/10.13182/fst91-a29537
Abstract
The HYLIFE-II inertial confinement fusion reactor uses a Flibe spray for blast chamber protection and tritium breeding. HYLIFE-II is passively safe, having no large sources of energy available to disperse radioactive materials. The dominant activation product is 18F (half-life 110 minutes). Only a small fraction (−5) of the Flibe activation products would be mobilized. The offsite dose from a severe accident involving simultaneous failure of the blast chamber and containment building would be < 0.2 mSv (20 mrem), and N-stamp requirements could be avoided in the blast chamber and coolant systems. The required tritium removal efficiencies are quantified.Keywords
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