Tritium confinement in a new tritium processing facility at the Savannah River Site

Conference · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Fusion Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5029857

Heung, L K; Owen, J H; Hsu, R H ^[1]

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1. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (United States)

This paper discusses a new tritium processing facility, named the Replacement Tritium Facility (RTF), nearing completion and being prepared for startup at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The RTF has the capability to load and unload tritium from gas containers and to recover, purify and separate hydrogen isotopes. A multilayered confinement system is designed to reduce tritium losses t the environment. This confinement system is expected to confine and recover any tritium that might escape the process equipment, and to maintain the tritium concentration in the nitrogen glovebox atmosphere to less than 10{sup {minus} 1} {mu}Ci/cc tritium during normal operation.

• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5029857
• Report Number(s): CONF-910920-; CODEN: FUSTE
• Journal Information: Fusion Technology; (United States), Vol. 21:2; Conference: 4. topical meeting on tritium technology in fission, fusion, and isotopic applications, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 29 Sep - 4 Oct 1991; ISSN 0748-1896
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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