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Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Abstract
The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) is a one-of-a-kind, tritium-fueled fusion research reactor that ceased operation in April 1997. The Decontamination and Decommissioning (D and D) of the TFTR is scheduled to occur over a period of three years beginning in October 1999. This is not a typical Department of Energy D and D Project where a facility is isolated and cleaned up by ''bulldozing'' all facility and hardware systems to a greenfield condition. The mission of TFTR D and D is to: (a) surgically remove items which can be re-used within the DOE complex, (b) remove tritium contaminated and activated systems for disposal, (c) clear the test cell of hardware for future reuse, (d) reclassify the D-site complex as a non-nuclear facility as defined in DOE Order 420.1 (Facility Safety) and (e) provide data on the D and D of a large magnetic fusion facility. The 100 cubic meter volume of the donut-shaped reactor makes it the second largest fusion reactor in the world. The record-breaking deuterium-tritium experiments performed on TFTR resulted in contaminating the vacuum vessel with tritium and activating the materials with 14 Mev neutrons. The total tritium content within the vessel is in excess of 7,000more »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 14921
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-3395
TRN: US0106853
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Nov 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; DECONTAMINATION; DOSE RATES; TFTR TOKAMAK; TRITIUM; RECYCLING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION
Citation Formats
Perry, E, Chrzanowski, J, Rule, K, Viola, M, Williams, M, and Strykowsky, R. Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web. doi:10.2172/14921.
Perry, E, Chrzanowski, J, Rule, K, Viola, M, Williams, M, & Strykowsky, R. Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/14921
Perry, E, Chrzanowski, J, Rule, K, Viola, M, Williams, M, and Strykowsky, R. 1999.
"Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/14921. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/14921.
@article{osti_14921,
title = {Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor},
author = {Perry, E and Chrzanowski, J and Rule, K and Viola, M and Williams, M and Strykowsky, R},
abstractNote = {The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) is a one-of-a-kind, tritium-fueled fusion research reactor that ceased operation in April 1997. The Decontamination and Decommissioning (D and D) of the TFTR is scheduled to occur over a period of three years beginning in October 1999. This is not a typical Department of Energy D and D Project where a facility is isolated and cleaned up by ''bulldozing'' all facility and hardware systems to a greenfield condition. The mission of TFTR D and D is to: (a) surgically remove items which can be re-used within the DOE complex, (b) remove tritium contaminated and activated systems for disposal, (c) clear the test cell of hardware for future reuse, (d) reclassify the D-site complex as a non-nuclear facility as defined in DOE Order 420.1 (Facility Safety) and (e) provide data on the D and D of a large magnetic fusion facility. The 100 cubic meter volume of the donut-shaped reactor makes it the second largest fusion reactor in the world. The record-breaking deuterium-tritium experiments performed on TFTR resulted in contaminating the vacuum vessel with tritium and activating the materials with 14 Mev neutrons. The total tritium content within the vessel is in excess of 7,000 Curies while dose rates approach 75 mRem/hr. These radiological hazards along with the size and shape of the Tokamak present a unique and challenging task for dismantling.},
doi = {10.2172/14921},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/14921},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
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