LAPSE:2019.0083
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LAPSE:2019.0083
A Review of Dangerous Dust in Fusion Reactors: from Its Creation to Its Resuspension in Case of LOCA and LOVA
Andrea Malizia, Luigi Antonio Poggi, Jean-François Ciparisse, Riccardo Rossi, Carlo Bellecci, Pasquale Gaudio
January 7, 2019
The choice of materials for the future nuclear fusion reactors is a crucial issue. In the fusion reactors, the combination of very high temperatures, high radiation levels, intense production of transmuting elements and high thermomechanical loads requires very high-performance materials. Erosion of PFCs (Plasma Facing Components) determines their lifetime and generates a source of impurities (i.e., in-vessel tritium and dust inventories), which cool down and dilute the plasma. The resuspension of dust could be a consequences of LOss of Coolant Accidents (LOCA) and LOss of Vacuum Accidents (LOVA) and it can be dangerous because of dust radioactivity, toxicity, and capable of causing an explosion. These characteristics can jeopardize the plant safety and pose a serious threat to the operators. The purpose of this work is to determine the experimental and numerical steeps to develop a numerical model to predict the dust resuspension consequences in case of accidents through a comparison between the experimental results taken from campaigns carried out with STARDUST-U and the numerical simulation developed with CFD codes. The authors in this work will analyze the candidate materials for the future nuclear plants and the consequences of the resuspension of its dust in case of accidents through the experience with STARDUST-U.
Keywords
dust, nuclear fusion, security
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Malizia A, Poggi LA, Ciparisse JF, Rossi R, Bellecci C, Gaudio P. A Review of Dangerous Dust in Fusion Reactors: from Its Creation to Its Resuspension in Case of LOCA and LOVA. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0083
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Malizia A: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy [ORCID]
Poggi LA: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Ciparisse JF: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Rossi R: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy [ORCID]
Bellecci C: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Gaudio P: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy [ORCID]
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Energies
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9
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8
Article Number
E578
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2016
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2016-07-25
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1996-1073
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