Operation of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor tritium facility
Journal Article
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· Fusion Technology
OSTI ID:196788
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., NJ (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) tritium operations staff has successfully received, stored, handled, and processed over 500,000 curies of tritium to support D-T (Deuterium-Tritium) operations. Operations personnel nominally provide round-the-clock coverage in shift complements consisting of 1 supervisor and 3 operators. Operators can gain access to the Tritium area between TFTR D-T pulses, but have been excluded from the tritium area during D-T pulsing for periods up to 30 min. Tritium operators are responsible for delivering tritium gas to TFTR as well as processing plasma exhaust gases which lead to the deposition of tritium oxide on disposable molecular sieve beds (DMSB). Once a DMSB is loaded, the operations staff remove the expended DMSB, and replace it with a new DMSB container. The procedures controlling the tritium system operations are detailed in this paper. 3 refs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 196788
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950506--
- Journal Information:
- Fusion Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Technology Journal Issue: 3 pt 2 Vol. 28; ISSN 0748-1896; ISSN FUSTE8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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