Calibrations of a tritium extraction facility

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5384445

Bretscher, M M; Oliver, B M; Farrar, H IV

A tritium extraction facility has been built for the purpose of measuring the absolute tritium concentration in neutron-irradiated lithium metal samples. Two independent calibration procedures have been used to determine what fraction, if any, of tritium is lost during the extraction process. The first procedure compares independently measured /sup 4/He and /sup 3/H concentrations from the /sup 6/Li(n,..cap alpha..)T reaction. The second procedure compared measured /sup 6/Li(n,..cap alpha..)T//sup 197/Au (n,..gamma..)/sup 198/Au thermal neutron reaction rate ratios with those obtained from Monte Carlo calculations using well-known cross sections. Both calibration methods show that within experimental errors (approx. 1.5%) no tritium is lost during the extraction process.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (USA). Energy Systems Group
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5384445
• Report Number(s): CONF-831203-41; ON: DE84004033
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. symposium on fusion engineering, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5 Dec 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EXTRACTION APPARATUSES
CALIBRATION
TRITIUM RECOVERY
LITHIUM 6
MONTE CARLO METHOD
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RECOVERY
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
STABLE ISOTOPES
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