[en] Based on an historical perspective, recent progress in fusion research is summarized and some factors bearing on the prospects for fusion power are discussed

[en] Progress toward demonstrating the scientific feasibility of fusion energy is strongly governed by materials constraints. The evolution of an economically and environmentally acceptable design for power producing fusion reactors will be subject to still further materials constraints. Three critical materials areas are reviewed are: 1) fast neutron damage; 2) tritium breeding; and 3) plasma-materials interactions. Canadian R and D activities in fusion materials are reviewed

[en] Since next-step fusion devices will be fuelled with mixtures of tritium and deuterium, the knowledge base and tritium handling experience associated with the operation of CANDU reactors is viewed as relevant to the development of safe fusion technology. Fusion safety issues will be compared with fission safety experience, after which specific Canadian activities in support of fusion safety will be overviewed. In addition, recommendations for appropriate fusion safety criteria will be summarized

[en] This paper describes the design of the Tokamak de Varennes (the device proper) with particular reference being paid to critical mechanical and structural aspects of its design

[en] Approved for construction in 1981 and completed in 1987, the Varennes Tokamak is the most important magnetic confinement device in the Canadian fusion research program. This paper gives an overview of the objectives of the project, the scientific and technical program, and plans for its use

[en] Risk can best be understood in terms of its converse, safety, which is freedom from the totality of risk. Safety can be expressed quantitatively as life expectancy. The rapid rate of increase of safety in Canada during the last century and in today's world is reviewed. It is proposed that the vector combination of the rate of improvement of wealth and the rate of increase of life expectancy should be used as a quantitative safety goal. Proposals are made for research, policies and action to manage and improve safety. A prospect for the next century is outlined

[en] The thirty papers presented at this conference cover the fields of CANDU reactor technology, with an emphasis on historical achievements, and fusion research programs in Canada

[en] A small fusion fuel cleanup system has been designed and experimentally tested at CRNL's Tritium Laboratory. The background requirements of fusion fuel systems, in general, are reviewed and the system built at CRNL described. In addition, the contributions of tritium technology developed as part of the CANDU system to the tritium processing requirements of fusion reactors is briefly mentioned

[en] This paper identifies about twenty major decisions of the Canadian nuclear power program from its inception in 1942 to maturity - the decision of Ontario Hydro to complete the Pickering Nuclear Power Station and proceed with a major nuclear power installation program. The decisions are discussed briefly. This paper reflects the author's views of the early years of the program to the point of program maturity

[en] The operation of the Varennes Tokamak requires two different environments for interfacing the machine to its operators. The first one is related to the control of the machine itself, while the second one concerns the diagnostic experiments which are directly connected to the machine. The configuration of the computer system used on the Varennes Tokamak reflects this duality and is composed of two subsystems: the control subsystem and the data acquisition subsystem. This paper first reviews the basic requirements for data acquisition and control on the Varennes Tokamak. It then presents the hardware configuration of the system and describes the software systems developed to support the experiment. Finally, some comments on further developments are presented