AN OVERVIEW OF ITER SAFETY

This paper presents an overview of safety in the International Thermon uclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project midway through the Engineer ing Design Activities (EDA). We describe the safety strategy and appro ach used by the project. Then, we present project radiological release limits with the methodology used to determine if these release limits are met. We review the major safety functions and their implementatio n for ITER, previous results, and plans for upcoming safety and enviro nmental analyses.