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NEA irradiation system ready to deploy at MITR
A new irradiation experimental system is ready for deployment. The rig, which is the focus of In-Core Real-Time Mechanical Testing of Structural Materials (INCREASE-I), an OECD Nuclear Energy Agency project, will be used to conduct stress-relaxation tests of stainless steel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR), according to the OECD NEA.
Gilbert Bellanger, Jean Jacques Rameau
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 32 | Number 1 | August 1997 | Pages 94-106
Technical Paper | Tritium System | doi.org/10.13182/FST97-A19882
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The diffusion and adsorption parameter values of tritium in palladium-silver cathodic membranes used to produce pure tritium gas and its isotopes from highly concentrated tritiated water are determined. It is shown that permeation increases with applied cathodic potential, temperature, and the presence of a palladium black deposit on the cathodic entry surface. The diffusion coefficient, tritium concentration in the alloy, and the diffusion layer thickness depend on temperature. The presence of a palladium black deposit on the palladium-silver membrane improves the adsorption of tritium.