A Preliminary Assessment of the Occupational Radiation Exposure from Maintaining the US ITER DCLL TBM

Brad J. Merrill; Lee C. Cadwallader; Mohamad Dagher

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A8911

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A Preliminary Assessment of the Occupational Radiation Exposure from Maintaining the US ITER DCLL TBM

Brad J. Merrill, Lee C. Cadwallader, Mohamad Dagher

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 56 / Number 1 / July 2009 / Pages 252-256

Tritium, Safety, and Environment / Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 1) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A8911

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This paper details an Occupational Radiation Exposure (ORE) analysis performed for the US International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Dual Coolant Lead Lithium (DCLL) Test Blanket Module (TBM). This ORE analysis was performed with the QADMOD dose code for maintenance activities anticipated for the US DCLL TBM concept and its ancillary systems. Identification of the maintenance tasks that will have to be performed and estimates of the time required to perform these tasks were developed based on either expert opinion or on industrial maintenance experience for similar technologies. This paper details the modeling activity and the calculated doses for the maintenance activities envisioned for the US DCLL TBM.