Safety and Environmental Guidance for Fusion Conceptual Design Studies

ARIES Electronic Project Meeting
December 4, 1998


What types of accidents should be considered?


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loss of coolant/decay heat driven transients

confinement degradation/bypass events

loss of flow

ex-vessel events that require plasma shutdown

plasma anomalies and transient overpower?

loss of vacuum

initiating events in the fueling and vacuum systems

initiating events in the tritium system

initiating events in balance of plant systems (e.g., loss of off-site power)

operator errors

external events