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Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), in partnership with the American Nuclear Society, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the Institute for Nuclear Power Operators, has announced it will host an online workshop called “Shaping the Future of Nuclear Academic Programs.” The 90-minute program is designed for university department heads and faculty interested in enhancing nuclear science and technology programs through best practices.
Johann L. Hemmerich
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 24 | Number 2 | September 1993 | Pages 137-144
Technical Paper | Tritium System | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30219
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The most common basic process of air detritiation, which employs oxidation of tritiated gases in a catalytic recombiner and subsequent collection ofHTO on molecular sieve dryers, can also be used for a large-scale detritiation system for the next-step deuterium-tritium fusion device. Performance, economy, and reliability can be improved by modifying the design of basic elements, i.e., the recombiners and molecular sieve dryers, and by rearranging them in a system permitting multiple process path choices for optimum performance depending on demand. These improvements should result in a system that is (a) free of secondary tritium release by permeation; (b) economical, with <1 kW power required in a ready-to-operate “hot standby” condition; (c) capable of reducing inlet humidity of the order of 10000 ppm (volume) to 0.01 ppm at the outlet by using two adsorber stages in series; and (d) capable of providing the best starting condition for water processing: little or no dilution by H2O from isotopic swamping due to the use of two adsorber stages. The system detritiation factor is defined and discussed, and the overriding importance of high water retention efficiency is demonstrated.