Commissioning and first operating experience at Darlington Tritium Removal Facility

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5755500

Davidson, R B; VonHatten, P; Schaub, M; Ulrich, D

Ontario Hydro's Tritium Removal Facility (DTRF) is presently in its early operating phase. The DTRF was built in order to reduce the average dose rate per worker and tritium emissions in all of Ontario Hydro's CANDU reactors. As a byproduct tritium may be sold to civil users. This paper provides an overview of the system design, commissioning philosophy, program and results. Four areas of the plant are considered separately: 1. Main Extraction Process, 2. Tritium Immobilization System, 3. Glove Box Clean Up System, and 4. Support Systems.

• Research Organization: Ontario Hydro Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, Bowmanville, Ontario (CA); Sulzer Canada Inc., Toronto, ON (Canada); Sulzer Bros. Ltd., Winterthur (Switzerland)
• OSTI ID: 5755500
• Report Number(s): CONF-880505-
• Journal Information: Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 14:2; Conference: 3. topical meeting on tritium technology in fission, fusion and isotopic applications, Toronto, Canada, 1-6 May 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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