Issues in tritiated waste management for fusion power reactors

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Fusion Technology

OSTI ID:196813

Edwards, R A.H. ^[1]

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1. Joint Research Centre, Ispra (Italy)

Treatment of tritiated waste from fusion power reactors has received little attention. Wastes will need detritiation involving isotope swamping before disposal, recycling or exemption. Work on detritiation techniques should consider the isotopic dilution involved as well as decontamination factor, volume reduction and product homogeneity; for the cost of tritium recovery from the contaminated water (or hydrogen) produced is highest for tritium levels just above the release limits. Most important to the overall costs of tritiated waste disposal are release and declassification limits. 12 refs., 2 figs., 3 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 196813
• 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

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BERYLLIUM
DECONTAMINATION
DISSOLUTION
FUEL CYCLE
INCINERATORS
ITER TOKAMAK
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM RECOVERY