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Fusion regulatory support is provided to the DOE and the international fusion community and includes regulatory issues relative to fusion conceptual designs. An example of our work in this technical area was our lead role in the development of a comprehensive DOE safety standard for magnetic fusion facilities.

Fusion risk assessment includes probabilistic risk assessment of conceptual fusion designs and analyses of fault trees, cost benefit, reliability, availability, and maintainability. We are the principal DOE program for analyzing and assembling component failure rate data for fusion devices and we specialize in analyzing operating experiences from fusion devices and other nuclear-related fields to help identify critical "first line of defense" components.

Fusion safety code development and application involve the oxidation and mobilization of neutron-activated fusion materials and the characterization of cryogenic, super-conducting magnet, and reactor vessel systems during postulated accident scenarios. Our work includes safety code application for accident analyses, international benchmarking, comparison with experimental data, and code development for the prominent safety concerns of current fusion designs.