Tritium activities in Canada
- Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
Canadian tritium activites comprise three major interests: utilites, light manufacturers, and fusion. There are 21 operating CANDU reactors in Canada; 19 with Ontario Hydro and one each with Hydro Quebec and New Brunswick Power. There are two light manufacturers, two primary tritium research facilities (at AECL Chalk River and Ontario Hydro Technologies), and a number of industry and universities involved in design, construction, and general support of the other tritium activities. The largest tritum program is in support of the CANDU reactors, which generate tritium in the heavy water as a by-product of normal operation. Currently, there are about 12 kg of tritium locked up in the heavy water coolant and moderator of these reactors. The fusion work is complementary to the light manufacturing, and is concerned with tritium handling for the ITER program. This included design, development and application of technologies related to Isotope Separation, tritium handling, (tritiated) gas separation, tritium-materials interaction, and plasma fueling.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 263646
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Fusion Energy, Journal Name: Journal of Fusion Energy Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 14; ISSN JFENDS; ISSN 0164-0313
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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