Fire risk analysis in ITER tritium building

Events, such as fire, have been considered in ITER documentation of low probability and a general approach has been defined in [Technical basis for the ITER final design, EDA Documentation Series 1, No. 22, IAEA, Vienna, 2001] to be developed later for the ITER specific site. It was said that "these hazards will be treated according to the industrial safety regulations and practices of the host country". In the framework of studies for the European ITER site in Cadarache, an assessment of fire hazard has been done in order to ensure compliance with French safety requirements. In this report, a summary of existing laws is presented and an example of the deterministic approach to be followed for the preliminary safety report (PSR) is given on the analysis of tritium building design. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.