TRITIUM EXTRACTION FACILITY ALARA

Conference · Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:839492

Joye, BROTHERTON

The primary mission of the Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF) is to extract tritium from tritium producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) that have been irradiated in a commercial light water reactor and to deliver tritium-containing gas to the Savannah River Site Facility 233-H. The tritium extraction segment provides the capability to deliver three (3) kilograms per year to the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. The TEF includes processes, equipment and facilities capable of production-scale extraction of tritium while minimizing personnel radiation exposure, environmental releases, and waste generation.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 839492
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-2005-00256; TRN: US0501739
• Resource Relation: Conference: SRS ALARA Workshop, Augusta, GA (US), 05/02/2005--05/03/2005; Other Information: PBD: 19 Apr 2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
ALARA
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PERSONNEL
RADIATIONS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TRITIUM
WASTES
WATER