AN OVERVIEW OF INEL FUSION SAFETY RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

The Fusion Safety Program at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory has the lead for fusion safety work in the United States. Over the ye ars, we have developed several experimental facilities to provide data for fusion reactor safety analyses. We now have four major experiment al facilities that provide data for use in safety assessments. The Ste am-Reactivity Measurement System measures hydrogen generation rates an d tritium mobilization rates in high-temperature (up to 1200 degrees C ) fusion relevant materials exposed to steam. The Volatilization of Ac tivation Product Oxides Reactor Facility provides information on mobil ization and transport and chemical reactivity of fusion relevant mater ials at high temperature (up to 1200 degrees C) in an oxidizing enviro nment (air or steam). The Fusion Aerosol Source Test Facility is a sca led-up version of VAPOR. The ion-implantation/thermal-desorption syste m is dedicated to research into processes and phenomena associated wit h the interaction of hydrogen isotopes with fusion materials. In this paper we describe the capabilities of these facilities.