The actual cost of building a new experiment can be considerably contained if infrastructures are already available on its envisioned site. The facilities of the Caorso site (near Piacenza, Italy) that, at present, houses a spent nuclear power station, have been analyzed in view of their utilization for the operation of the Ignitor machine. The main feature of the site is its robust connection to the electrical national power grid that can take the disturbance caused by Ignitor discharges with the highest magnetic fields and plasma currents, avoiding the need for rotating flywheels generators. Other assets include a vast building that can be modified to house the machine core and the associated diagnostic systems. A layout of the Ignitor plant, including the tritium laboratory and other service areas, the distribution of the components of the electrical power supply system and of the He gas cooling sytem are presented. Relevant safety issues have been analyzed, based on the in depth activation analysis of the machine components carried out by means of the FISPACT code. Waste management and environment impact issues, including risk to the population assessments, have also been addressed.

Installation of the Ignitor Machine at the Caorso Site / Migliori, S.; Pierattini, S.; Bombarda, F.; Faelli, G.; Zucchetti, Massimo; Coppi, Bruno. - In: BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0003-0503. - ELETTRONICO. - 53,14:(2008), pp. 79-79. (Intervento presentato al convegno 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics tenutosi a Dallas, Texas (USA) nel November 17–21, 2008) [10.13140/RG.2.1.2125.9125].

Installation of the Ignitor Machine at the Caorso Site

ZUCCHETTI, MASSIMO;COPPI, Bruno
2008

Abstract

The actual cost of building a new experiment can be considerably contained if infrastructures are already available on its envisioned site. The facilities of the Caorso site (near Piacenza, Italy) that, at present, houses a spent nuclear power station, have been analyzed in view of their utilization for the operation of the Ignitor machine. The main feature of the site is its robust connection to the electrical national power grid that can take the disturbance caused by Ignitor discharges with the highest magnetic fields and plasma currents, avoiding the need for rotating flywheels generators. Other assets include a vast building that can be modified to house the machine core and the associated diagnostic systems. A layout of the Ignitor plant, including the tritium laboratory and other service areas, the distribution of the components of the electrical power supply system and of the He gas cooling sytem are presented. Relevant safety issues have been analyzed, based on the in depth activation analysis of the machine components carried out by means of the FISPACT code. Waste management and environment impact issues, including risk to the population assessments, have also been addressed.
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