OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY REVIEW OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES

iABSTRACT This report contains reviews of operating experiences, selected accident events, and industrial safety performance indicators that document the performance of the major US DOE magnetic fusion experiments and particle accelerators. These data are useful to form a basis for the occupational safety level at matured research facilities with known sets of safety rules and regulations. Some of the issues discussed are radiation safety, electromagnetic energy exposure events, and some of the more widespread issues of working at height, equipment fires, confined space work, electrical work, and other industrial hazards. Nuclear power plant industrial safety data are also included for comparison. ii SUMMARY An issue of interest with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) design is the safety of the personnel who will operate and maintain the facility. Since the ITER machine is much larger than existing experiments and will handle higher powe