Tritium instrumentation for the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories Tritium Extraction Plant

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5761224

Davey, E C; Kupca, S; McElroy, R G.C.

A Tritium Extraction Plant (TEP) is under construction at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories (CRNL) for the extraction of tritium from the heavy water moderator and coolant of research and power reactors owned by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Since the process equipment will contain a large inventory of tritium (about 20 g), plant operating personnel must be continually aware of process stream activity levels for economic reasons and promptly alerted in the event of leakage for personnel health protection purposes and inventory loss minimization. Consequently, the TEP is equipped with a number of tritium monitors for the continuous measurement of tritium contained in the process equipment, the building air and the plant exhaust stacks. This paper outlines the approach taken to provide tritium monitoring at the TEP for health protection, environmental and process requirements and describes the general features of specific monitors in each classification.

• Research Organization: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Research Company, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario
• OSTI ID: 5761224
• Report Number(s): CONF-850405-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 8:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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