AbstractAn important inherent advantage of fusion would be the total absence of high-level radioactive spent fuel as produced in fission reactors. Fusion will, however, produce activated material containing both activation products and tritium. Part of the material may also contain chemically toxic substances. This paper describes methods that could be used to manage these materials and also methods to reduce or entirely eliminate the waste quantities. The results are based on studies for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and also for future fusion power station designs currently under investigation within the European programme on the Safety and Environmental Assessment of fusion power, Long-term (SEAL).
核聚变的一个重要的固有优势是，与核裂变相比，它完全不会产生高放射性乏燃料。然而，核聚变仍会产生活化材料，其中包含活化产物和氚。部分材料还可能含有化学毒性物质。本文描述了可用于管理这些材料的方法，以及减少或完全消除废物量的方法。这些结果基于对国际热核实验反应堆（ITER）的研究，以及欧洲“聚变动力长期安全与环境评估”（SEAL）计划中目前正在研究的未来聚变电站设计。