Study of Tritium and Helium Release from Irradiated Lithium Ceramics Li₂TiO₃

Lithium-based oxide ceramics are considered as the candidate materials for solid breeders of future fusion reactors' blankets. Breeder's goal is effective, safe and reliable production of tritium as a result of lithium-neutron reactions. Main candidates as a breeder material are Li₂O, Li₄SiO₄, Li₂TiO₃ and Li₂ZrO₃, which are able to keep their physical-chemical properties despite of lithium burn-up. Lithium metatitanate Li₂TiO₃ attracts the great attention due to its chemical stability and high speed of tritium release under low temperatures (from 200 to 400°C). This paper contains the results of the studies on tritium and helium release from the samples of irradiated lithium ceramics Li₂TiO₃.