Lessons Learned from the ITER Safety Approach for Future Fusion Facilities

Safety has been an integral part of the design process for the ITER project since the conceptual design activities of the project. The safety approach implemented in the current ITER-FEAT design and the complementary assessments to be documented in the Generic Site Safety Report (GSSR) can provide valuable lessons for future fusion facilities. This paper summarises the ITER-FEAT safety approach and the assessments underway with a view to identifying key issues that have arisen and may have implications for such facilities. This paper discusses how these issues arose and are being addressed in the ITER project.