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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
Nuclear Waste Services, the radioactive waste management subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has reported on its inaugural year of the National Youth Forum on Geological Disposal forum. NWS set up the initiative, in partnership with the environmental consultancy firm ARUP and the not-for-profit organization The Young Foundation, to give young people the chance to share their views on the government’s plans to develop a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe, secure, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste.
Zachary S. Hartwig, Massimo Zucchetti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 2 | August 2011 | Pages 725-729
Nuclear Analysis & Experiments | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12471
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A critical aspect of the design of a tokamak-based neutron source is to ensure that radiation limits of the structural and magnet-insulating materials are not approached during the lifetime of the tokamak. To this end, we present an exploratory neutronics study of a materials testing facility that is based on Ignitor, a high-field tokamak. It shown that sufficient radiation damage to test materials located in the Ignitor first wall can be obtained by sustaining a reaction rate of 3.33×1019 neutrons per second for 7 operational months. Solutions to mitigate terminal damage to the toroidal field coil insulators, including its substitution for modern radiation-resistant insulators and the use of advanced radiation shield materials, are explored, and their implication for the design of the facility is discussed.