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The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DONES (IFMIF-DONES) is a scientific infrastructure intended to test and qualify materials for fusion reactors by exposing them to intense neutron fluxes. Several auxiliary systems will ensure its continuous operation, among which the Heat Rejection System (HRS) is designed to remove and discharge to the environment the heat mainly generated by the Accelerator's primary cooling loops and the Test Cell. While open evaporative cooling towers are widely used for industrial heat rejection, alternative technologies may be more suitable depending on site-specific conditions and project priorities.
Environmental factors—particularly local weather patterns and their expected evolution under climate change—play a decisive role in overall system performance. Their proper assessment is therefore essential for selecting the most appropriate cooling-tower technology.
This work presents a comparative evaluation of candidate heat-rejection solutions to identify the technology that best fits the site conditions, optimises performance over the system's life cycle, and supports the project's commitment to minimising its environmental footprint.
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