AbstractThe Safety and Environmental Assessment of Fusion Power (SEAFP) was set up by the European fusion programme in response to recommendations made by a Fusion Programme Evaluation Board, that fusion potentially possesses “inherent environmental and safety advantages over all current alternatives for base load electricity generation”, but that a “convincing demonstration” of those potential advantages is necessary. The project began in April 1992 and reported in December 1994. The work has embraced the conceptual design of fusion power stations and the safety and environmental assessment of those designs. This paper gives very brief information on the designs but concentrates on the safety and environmental analyses. Detailed work has been performed on the identification and modelling of conceivable accident sequences, the potential hazards of normal operation, waste management, the long-term availability of materials, and other issues. Provisional and preliminary results suggest that the reality of fusion's safety and environmental advantages will be confirmed, and placed on a firmer footing, by the detailed SEAFP analyses, which also emphasize that the advantages do not come automatically but are dependent upon appropriate design provisions.
抽象 欧州核融合プログラムは、核融合計画評価委員会の勧告に応じて、核融合発電の安全性と環境評価（SEAFP）を立ち上げた。同委員会は、核融合が「現在のベースロード発電のあらゆる代替手段に対して、本質的な安全性と環境上の利点を潜在的に備えている」と結論づけた。しかしながら、これらの利点が実際に達成可能であることを実証するためには、欧州の核融合発電所設計コンセプトに基づく包括的な評価が必要であるとされた。本論文は、SEAFPの範囲、実施された作業、および得られた主な結果について簡潔に述べるものである。さらに、設計上の考慮事項が安全性と環境上の利点の実現にどのように貢献するかについても論じる。