Hydrogen isotope separation experience at the Savannah River Site

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Fusion Technology

OSTI ID:219716

Lee, M W ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC (United States)

Savannah River has designed and safely operated numerous tritium processes and facilities. One of the key unit operations at the Site is the separation of hydrogen isotopes. Processes used are thermal diffusion, batch cryogenic distillation, and batch chromatography. Recently, a new isotope separation process was developed at Savannah River: the Thermal Cycling Absorption Process (TCAP) which is a continuous chromatographic separation technique using metal hydrides as packing materials. TCAP has been chosen as the hydrogen isotope separation process for a new tritium handling facility at Savannah River, the Replacement Tritium Facility. 1 ref., 1 fig.

• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 219716
• Report Number(s): CONF-930937--
• Journal Information: Fusion Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Technology Journal Issue: 2T Vol. 27; ISSN 0748-1896; ISSN FUSTE8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

40 CHEMISTRY
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION
CRYOGENICS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THERMAL CYCLING
THERMAL DIFFUSION
THERMOCHROMATOGRAPHY
TRITIUM EXTRACTION PLANTS
USES