Abstract
The ITER facility has been licensed by the French authorities as the basic nuclear facility 174 (in French, Installation Nucléaire de Base, INB) through a dedicated decree issued in 2012.The nuclear safety case was provided in documents submitted to the regulatory authorities and subjected to an extensive examination process. The process continues with a substantial number of recommendations made by the French Regulator and commitments taken by the ITER Organization to improve and extend the scope of some safety analyses, complete R&D in some areas and justify some of the safety provisions taken in the design.This paper presents the nuclear safety case for ITER and the status of the answers to the recommendations and commitments. This highlights what are the main challenges raised by the French regulator with regards to the safety demonstration such as risks of dispersal of radioactive materials, design of the buildings, design of the equipment for the first confinement system of the tokamak building, risks of exposure to ionizing radiation, internal and external risks, accidents analysis, radioactive waste and decommissioning, and liquid and gaseous effluents
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