ARIES-I tritium system

Conference · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6350835

Sze, D K; Tam, S W; Billone, M C; Hassanein, A M ^[1]; Martin, R ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

A key safety concern in a D-T fusion reactor is the tritium inventory. There are three components in a fusion reactor with potentially large inventories, i.e., the blanket, the fuel processing system and the plasma facing components. The ARIES team selected the material combinations, decided the operating conditions and refined the processing systems, with the aiming of minimizing the tritium inventories and leakage. The total tritium inventory for the ARIES-I reactor is only 700 g. This paper discussed the calculations and assumptions we made for the low tritium inventory. We also addressed the uncertainties about the tritium inventory. 13 refs., 2 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6350835
• Report Number(s): CONF-901007-48; ON: DE91006500
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
BREEDING BLANKETS
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
DIVERTORS
EROSION
FIRST WALL
REACTOR COMPONENTS
RECOVERY
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TRITIUM RECOVERY