NNSA TRITIUM SUPPLY CHAIN

Conference · Wed Aug 21 04:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1090765

Wyrick, Steven ^[1]; Cordaro, Joseph ^[1]; Founds, Nanette ^[2]; Chambellan, Curtis ^[2]

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1. Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, USA
2. National Nuclear Security Administration, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Savannah River Site plays a critical role in the Tritium Production Supply Chain for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The entire process includes: • Production of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARs) at the Westinghouse WesDyne Nuclear Fuels Plant in Columbia, South Carolina • Production of unobligated Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) at the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) in Portsmouth, Ohio • Irradiation of TPBARs with the LEU at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Watts Bar Reactor • Extraction of tritium from the irradiated TPBARs at the Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF) at Savannah River Site • Processing the tritium at the Savannah River Site, which includes removal of nonhydrogen species and separation of the hydrogen isotopes of protium, deuterium and tritium.

• Research Organization: SRS
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-08SR22470
• OSTI ID: 1090765
• Report Number(s): SRNL-STI-2013-00498
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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