Operational experience with the DATS sampler during the Canadian tritium modeling experiment
An international tritium model validation experiment was held at Chalk River, Canada, during June 1987. The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Differential Atmospheric Tritium Sampler (DATS) was one of the many types of tritium samplers used for this experiment. Besides the modeling data that were produced from this experiment, the authors learned how well our tritium samplers performed when a known tritium quantity was released. The DATS were set up at 50, 100, 200, and 400 meters downwind from the release point. Data were collected during the release period and for the next 24 hours. While the units worked very well in the field, valued operational experience was gained in the recovery of the tritium from the silica gel. Because of delays in the analysis of the collected samples, it became difficult to recover the HTO fraction quantitatively. Indications are that molecular sieves are more suitable for samples which are not going to be processed immediately. This paper reports on the field set up, the measurement results, and operational experience.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 6385317
- Journal Information:
- Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 14:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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