International Cooperation in the Safety and Environmental Assessment for the ITER Engineering Design Activities

Abstract

The ITER Project includes design and assessment activities to ensure the safety andenvironmental attractiveness of ITER and demonstrate that it can be sited in any of thesponsoring Parties with a minimum of site-specific redesign. This paper highlights someof the efforts to develop an international consensus approach for ITER safety design andassessment, including: development of general safety and environmental design criteria;development of quantitative dose-release assessment criteria; development of a radiationprotection program; waste characterization; and development of safety analysis guidelines.The high level of interaction, cooperation and collaboration between the Joint CentralTeam and the Home Teams, and between the safety team and designers, and the spirit ofconsensus that has guided them have resulted in a safe design for ITER and a safety designand assessment that can meet the needs of the potential host countries.