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A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 305-313
Plenary | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22602
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Tritium related studies in Japan cover tritium engineering and science studies for fusion reactor, studies for tritium environmental behavior and biological effects, tritium management in heavy water reactor, and management of radioactive waste, which contains tritium. In this paper, overview of tritium studies in Japan are explained.