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13–18 Oct 2014
Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya
Europe/Moscow timezone

Analysis of Accident Scenarios of a Water-Cooled Tokamak DEMO

16 Oct 2014, 08:30
4h
Green 8-9 (Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya)

Green 8-9

Hotel Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Poster Poster 5

Speaker

Dr Makoto Nakamura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Description

Safety of tokamak DEMO cooled by pressurized water has been studied for the first time. We have quantitatively assessed consequences of two types of accidents: ex-vessel and in-vessel loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs) of the first wall/blanket cooling channels. As for the former case, we have analyzed ex-vessel double-ended break of the cooling channel. The analysis result suggests that the reactor building has a mitigation function of tritium release to the environment against the ex-vessel LOCA. As for the latter case, we have analyzed multiple, double-ended outboard first wall cooling pipe break in the vacuum vessel of the whole perimeter in the toroidal direction. The analysis result suggests that the pressure in the vacuum vessel reaches the design value even though the pressure suppression system is in operation. Possible safety provision for such a major in-vessel LOCA is proposed.
Country or International Organisation Japan
Paper Number SEE/P5-10

Primary author

Dr Makoto Nakamura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Co-authors

Dr Hisashi Tanigawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Dr Kenji Tobita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Dr Kenzo Ibano (The University of Tokyo) Dr Werner Gulden (Fusion for Energy) Dr Youji Someya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Dr Yuichi Ogawa (The University of Tokyo)

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