Sources of tritium

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Nucl. Saf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5816911

Phillips, J E ^[1]; Easterly, C E

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN

A review of both natural and man-made tritium sources is presented. Tritium production and release rates are discussed for light-water reactors (LWRs), heavy-water reactors (HWRs), high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), liquid-metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBRs), and molten-salt breeder reactors (MSBRs). In addition, release rates are discussed for the tritium production facility near Aiken, S.C., fuel-reprocessing plants, explosives, and fusion reactors. A discussion of the chemical forms of releases is included. Energy-producing facilities are ranked in order of increasing tritium production and release as follows: HTGRs, LWRs, LMFBRs, MSBRs, and HWRs. The majority of tritium releases have been in the form of tritiated water (HTO). 119 references.

• OSTI ID: 5816911
• Journal Information: Nucl. Saf.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Saf.; (United States) Vol. 22:5; ISSN NUSAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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