Tritium management in fusion reactors

Conference · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:7018195

Galloway, T R

This is a review paper covering the key environmental and safety issues and how they have been handled in the various magnetic and inertial confinement concepts and reference designs. The issues treated include: tritium accident analyses, tritium process control, occupational safety, HTO formation rate from the gas-phase, disposal of tritium contaminated wastes, and environmental impact--each covering the Joint European Tokamak (J.E.T. experiment), Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR), Russian T-20, The Next Step (TNS) designs by Westinghouse/ORNL and General Atomic/ANL, the ANL and ORNL EPR's, the G.A. Doublet Demonstration Reactor, the Italian Fintor-D and the ORNL Demo Studies. There are also the following full scale plant reference designs: UWMAK-III, LASL's Theta Pinch Reactor Design (RTPR), Mirror Fusion Reactor (MFR), Tandem Mirror Reactor (TMR), and the Mirror Hybrid Reactor (MHR). There are four laser device breakeven experiments, SHIVA-NOVA, LLL reference designs, ORNL Laser Fusion power plant, the German ''Saturn,'' and LLL's Laser Fusion EPR I and II.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7018195
• Report Number(s): UCRL-80479; CONF-780508-10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCIDENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PERSONNEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOISOTOPES
SAFETY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES