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Title: Tritium confinement in a new tritium processing facility at the Savannah River Site

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10128873

A new tritium processing facility, named the Replacement Tritium Facility (RTF), has been completed and is being prepared for startup at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The RTF has the capability to recover, purify and separate hydrogen isotopes from recycled gas containers. A multilayered confinement system is designed to reduce tritium losses to the environment. This confinement system is expected to confine and recover any tritium that might escape the process equipment, and to maintain the tritium concentration in the nitrogen glovebox atmosphere to less than 10{sup {minus}2} {mu}Ci/cc tritium.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
OSTI ID:
10128873
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-91-049; CONF-910920-15; ON: DE92009648
Resource Relation:
Conference: 4. topical meeting on tritium technology in fission, fusion, and isotopic applications,Albuquerque, NM (United States),29 Sep - 4 Oct 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English