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A safety analysis for the design of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in the Conceptual Design Activity stage was performed by the GEMSAFE methodology, and its results were compared with those of Fusion Experimental Reactor (FER), a Japan's facility planned next to JT-60. The objectives of this study are to confirm the applicability of GEMSAFE to ITER and to select design basis events of ITER and identify R&D items with comparison to FER. Function-Based Safety Analyses (FBSA) were carred out to select 19 and 25 design basis events for FER and ITER, respectively. The major reason for the difference is that ITER has a class-2 RI source, e.g., tritium of 7.5 × 105 Ci in mobile form, in the coolant for the first wall and blankets as well as a class-3 RI source, e.g., the immobile tritium of 2.2×107 Ci absorbed in first wall and dust.
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Sawada, T., Saito, M. & Fujii-e, Y. Application of GEMSAFE to ITER CDA and Its comparison with FER. J Fusion Energ 12, 107–113 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059364
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059364