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Results of tritium tests performed on Sandia Laboratories decontamination system

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OSTI ID:6748649
The Tritium Research Laboratory (TRL), a facility for performing experiments using gram amounts of tritium, became operational on October 1, 1977. As secondary containment, the TRL employs sealed glove boxes connected on demand to two central decontamination systems, the Gas Purification System and the Vacuum Effluent Recovery System. Performance tests on these systems show the tritium removal systems can achieve concentration reduction factors (ratio of inlet to exhaust concentrations) much in excess of 1000 per pass at inlet concentrations of 1 part per million or less for both tritium and tritiated methane.
Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Livermore, CA (USA); California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-04-0789
OSTI ID:
6748649
Report Number(s):
SAND-77-8766; CONF-780508-16
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English