Storage and Assay of Tritium in STAR

Conference · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:910901

Longhurst, Glen R; Anderl, Robert A; Pawelko, Robert J

The Safety and Tritium Applied Research (STAR) facility has recently been commissioned to investigate tritium-related safety questions for fusion and other technologies. The authorized inventory of tritium is 1.6 grams, the threshold quantity for nuclear facility classification. A key capability in successful operation of the STAR facility is the ability to receive, inventory, and dispense tritium to the various experiments underway there. The system central to that function is the Tritium Storage and Assay System (SAS). The SAS has four major functions: (1) receiving and holding tritium from shipping containers brought into the STAR facility, (2) assaying the amount of tritium in the SAS, (3) dispensing tritium to secondary beds or containers used for transferring it to the experimental systems in the STAR facility, and (4) purifying hydrogen isotopes from non-hydrogen species. To that may be added a fifth, optional function, isotopic separation of hydrogen isotopes using bed-to-bed transfer techniques. This paper documents the design and operation of the STAR SAS and the procedures used for tritium accountancy in the STAR facility.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - SC
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 910901
• Report Number(s): INEEL/CON-04-01594
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
Accountancy
Assay
CLASSIFICATION
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
SAFETY
STORAGE
Storage
TRITIUM
Tritium