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Title: Tritium experiments on components for fusion fuel processing at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6474596
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  1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)

Under a collaborative agreement between US and Japan, two tritium processing components, a palladium diffuser and a ceramic electrolysis cell have been tested with tritium for application to a Fuel Cleanup System (FCU) for plasma exhaust processing at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The fundamental characteristics, compatibility with tritium, impurities effects with tritium, and long-term behavior of the components, were studied over a three year period. Based on these studies, an integrated process loop, JAERI Fuel Cleanup System'' equipped with above components was installed at the TSTA for full scale demonstration of the plasma exhaust reprocessing.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/ER
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6474596
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-90-3261; CONF-901007-4; ON: DE91000213; TRN: 90-030137
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. topical meeting on technology of fusion energy, Oak Brook, IL (USA), 7-11 Oct 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English