Thermal Release of 3He from Tritium Aged LaNi4.25Al0.75 Hydride

Staack, Gregory C.; Crowder, Mark L.; Klein, James E.

doi:10.13182/FST14-T84

Title: Thermal Release of ³He from Tritium Aged LaNi_4.25Al_0.75 Hydride

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Recently, the demand for He-3 has increased dramatically due to widespread use in nuclear nonproliferation, cryogenic, and medical applications. Essentially all of the world’s supply of He-3 is created by the radiolytic decay of tritium. The Savannah River Site Tritium Facilities (SRS-TF) utilizes LANA.75 in the tritium process to store hydrogen isotopes. The vast majority of He-3 “born” from tritium stored in LANA.75 is trapped in the hydride metal matrix. The SRS-TF has multiple LANA.75 tritium storage beds that have been retired from service with significant quantities of He-3 trapped in the metal. To support He-3 recovery, the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) conducted thermogravimetric analysis coupled with mass spectrometry (TGA-MS) on a tritium aged LANA.75 sample. TGA-MS testing was performed in an argon environment. Prior to testing, the sample was isotopically exchanged with deuterium to reduce residual tritium and passivated with air to alleviate pyrophoric concerns associated with handling the material outside of an inert glovebox. Analyses indicated that gas release from this sample was bimodal, with peaks near 220 and 490°C. The first peak consisted of both He-3 and residual hydrogen isotopes, the second was primarily He-3. The bulk of the gas was released by 600 °C

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Staack, Gregory C. ^[1]; Crowder, Mark L. ^[1]; Klein, James E. ^[1]

Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

Publication Date:: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)

OSTI Identifier:: 1177877

Report Number(s):: SRNL-STI-2014-00110
Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055; TRN: US1500499

Grant/Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fusion Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 67; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055

Publisher:: American Nuclear Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; Tritium, hydrogen isotopologs, LANA.75, Savannah River Site Tritium Facilities (SRS-TF)

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                    Staack, Gregory C., Crowder, Mark L., and Klein, James E. Thermal Release of 3He from Tritium Aged LaNi4.25Al0.75 Hydride.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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  title        = {Thermal Release of 3He from Tritium Aged LaNi4.25Al0.75 Hydride},

  author       = {Staack, Gregory C. and Crowder, Mark L. and Klein, James E.},

  abstractNote = {Recently, the demand for He-3 has increased dramatically due to widespread use in nuclear nonproliferation, cryogenic, and medical applications. Essentially all of the world’s supply of He-3 is created by the radiolytic decay of tritium. The Savannah River Site Tritium Facilities (SRS-TF) utilizes LANA.75 in the tritium process to store hydrogen isotopes. The vast majority of He-3 “born” from tritium stored in LANA.75 is trapped in the hydride metal matrix. The SRS-TF has multiple LANA.75 tritium storage beds that have been retired from service with significant quantities of He-3 trapped in the metal. To support He-3 recovery, the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) conducted thermogravimetric analysis coupled with mass spectrometry (TGA-MS) on a tritium aged LANA.75 sample. TGA-MS testing was performed in an argon environment. Prior to testing, the sample was isotopically exchanged with deuterium to reduce residual tritium and passivated with air to alleviate pyrophoric concerns associated with handling the material outside of an inert glovebox. Analyses indicated that gas release from this sample was bimodal, with peaks near 220 and 490°C. The first peak consisted of both He-3 and residual hydrogen isotopes, the second was primarily He-3. The bulk of the gas was released by 600 °C},

  doi          = {10.13182/FST14-T84},

  journal      = {Fusion Science and Technology},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 67,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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