Development of the JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute) fuel cleanup system for tests at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6411684

Konishi, S; Inoue, M; Hayashi, T; Okuno, K; Naruse, Y ^[1]; Barnes, J W; Anderson, J L ^[2]

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1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)

Tritium Process Laboratory (TPL) at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) has developed the Fuel Cleanup System (FCU) which accepts simulated fusion reactor exhaust and produces pure hydrogen isotopes and tritium-free waste. The major components are: a palladium diffuser, a catalytic reactor, cold traps, a ceramic electrolysis cell, and zirconium-cobalt beds. In 1988, an integrated loop of the FCU process was installed in the TPL and a number of hot'' runs were performed to study the system characteristics and improve system performance. Under the US-Japan collaboration program, the JAERI Fuel Cleanup System'' (JFCU) was designed and fabricated by JAERI/TPL for testing at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) in Los Alamos National Laboratory as a major subsystem of the simulated fusion fuel cycle. The JFCU was installed in the TSTA in early 1990.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6411684
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-90-3435; CONF-901007--20; ON: DE91002349
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
CLEANING
DESIGN
DIFFUSERS
ELECTROLYSIS
FLOW RATE
FUELS
JAERI
JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS
LYSIS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM SYSTEMS TEST ASSEMBLY