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 and Pasquale Gaudio
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Andrea Malizia: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Luigi Antonio Poggi: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Jean-François Ciparisse: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Riccardo Rossi: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Carlo Bellecci: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Pasquale Gaudio: Department of Industrial Engineering, Associazione EUROFUSION-ENEA, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-34

Abstract: 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: nuclear fusion; security; dust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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