This paper sets out what needs to be considered when considering a Funded Decommissioning Programme (FDP). In the UK a FDP is submitted to the secretary of state for approval as a requirement for a nuclear site licensee to install or operate a nuclear power station. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Spherical Tokamak for Energy …
The successful realisation of energy production through the fusion of deuterium and tritium will necessarily lead to the generation of waste contaminated with tritium. Not only will some of the tritium fuel permeate into components of fusion reactors and their wider fuel cycle, but tritium will also be generated directly in materials exposed to the…
