Design and operational experience with a portable tritium cleanup system
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
The authors built a portable tritium cleanup system to scavenge tritium from contaminated gases in any tritium-containing system in the LLNL Tritium Facility. The cleanup system uses standard catalytic oxidation of tritium to water followed by water removal with a molecular sieve dryer. The cleanup unit, complete with instrumentation, is contained in a portable cart that is rolled into place and connected to the apparatus to be cleaned. The cleanup system is effective, low-tech, simple, and reliable. The nominal flow rate of the system is 30 liters/minute, and the decontamination factor is {gt}1000. In this paper the authors will show design information on their portable cleanup system, and will discuss operational experience with it over the past several years.
- OSTI ID:
- 5154393
- 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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