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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Shigeo Numata, Yasuhiko Fujii, Makoto Okamoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 140-145
Technical Paper | Safety/Environmental Aspect | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29323
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Depth profiles of tritiated water in concrete walls measured in a heavy water reactor are analyzed using a diffusion model. The apparent diffusion coefficient of tritiated water in concrete made with a standard mixing proportion is 3.3 × 10−11 m2/s. In addition to the primary diffusion mechanism, there is evidence of a second mechanism, possibly a fast diffusion process. The diffusion model can be applied to tritiated water penetration into concrete when the concrete walls of fusion reactors are exposed to air containing tritiated water vapor. In the heavy water reactor, the average concentration of tritiated water in the air over 20 yr is estimated to be ∼2.0 × 10−2 Bq/cm3. The tritium inventory in concrete is ∼1.0 × 107 Bq/m3 in the region <0.65 m deep. A 0.2-m-thick concrete wall is sufficient to prevent tritium release into the environment from exceeding the regulatory limit.