Safety concept of the IFMIF/EVEDA lithium test loop

Furukawa, Tomohiro ; Kondo, Hiroo; Hirakawa, Yasushi ; Kato, Shoichi ; Matsushita, Izuru*; Ida, Mizuho; Nakamura, Kazuyuki 

In order to obtain the engineering data on the lithium target system, which is the neutron source of the International Fusion Material Irradiation Facility (IFMIF), the design and fabrication of the IFMIF/EVEDA Lithium Test Loop are being carried out under the Engineering Validation and Engineering Design Activity (EVEDA). The loop will hold 2.5 tons of lithium. Since lithium is specified by Japanese law as a dangerous substance, countermeasures which assumed a lithium leak incident and various abnormal issues are indispensable. This paper describes about the safety principles and measures for lithium leaks of the IFMIF/EVEDA lithium test loop decided under the detailed design process.