Construction and commissioning of the hydrogen isotope separation system at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Fusion Technology

OSTI ID:196795

Neffe, G; Hutter, E ^[1]; Brunnader, H ^[2]

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1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH (Germany)
2. Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)

On August 24, 1993, the gas chromatography based Isotopic Separation System (ISS) built in Canada by CFFTP was delivered to the Forschungszentrum in Karlsruhe (FZK) to form part of the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe (TLK) infrastructure. The system was successfully reassembled at Karlsruhe, and has been commissioned with a mixture of hydrogen and deuterium. To date, four experimental campaigns have been carried out which show that at liquid nitrogen temperatures, the system is capable of separating 120 l batches of H{sub 2}, HD and D{sub 2}. During 1995, the ISS will complete licensing and will be prepared for tritium service. 2 refs., 3 figs.

• OSTI ID: 196795
• Report Number(s): CONF-950506-; ISSN 0748-1896; TRN: 96:001398-138
• Journal Information: Fusion Technology, Vol. 28, Issue 3 pt 2; Conference: 5. topical meeting on tritium technology in fission, fusion and isotopic applications, Ispra (Italy), 28 May - 3 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCE TECHNOLOGY
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
CONSTRUCTION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
DEUTERIUM
LICENSING
INSTALLATION