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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
Yasunori Iwai, Toshihiko Yamanishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 1 | July 2011 | Pages 144-149
ITER Systems | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 1) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12342
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For a practical air detritiation system, the effect of the residual tritiated water left on the silica was demonstrated. The residual tritiated water significantly reduced the detritiation factor of the air detritiation dryer. To maintain the detritiation factor more than 350, the space velocity lower than 140 h-1 should be selected for the design and the operation of an air detritiation dryer packed with silica gel. The HTO/H2O separation factor evaluated using a dryer with residual tritiated water was 1.17 on the average. Silica gel is superior to commercial molecular sieves in dehydration ratio at room temperature. Dehydration from silica gel was dependent on the accumulated amount of purge gas, independent on flow rate. Dehydration from silica gel showed a slight pressure dependency. Consequently, silica gel is a promising desiccant agent for air detritiation dryer.
