Showing 1 - 2 of 2 UKAEA Paper Results
2023
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)59
Thomas Stokes Mirjana Damjanovic Joe Berriman Stephen Reynolds
Investigations were undertaken into the thermal treatment of beryllium and tungsten to see if these materials can be detritiated in the Material Detritiation Facility (MDF) at UKAEA, allowing for the declassification of intermediate level waste (ILW) to low level waste (LLW). When heated in oxygen, both tungsten and beryllium readily oxidise, with …
Preprint Published2021
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)33
Stephen Reynolds
Fusion Energy has a chance to provide a key role in a future carbon free world by supplementing other variable renewable energy sources and providing a baseline energy supply. Although fundamentally similar, proposed Fusion reactors have a very different radioactive waste profile from current Fission reactors, combined with the fact that radioac…
Preprint