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Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
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Tritium Properties and Interactions with Material | Proceedings of the Third Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 1-6, 1988) | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25211
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TITAN is a high-power-density reversed-field pinch reactor design. The TITAN-II concept is based on an aqueous lithium salt blanket immersed in a loop-in-pool design to provide a high level of passive safety. The blanket uses 50 Ci/kg water in the primary heat transport circuit, and 0.4 Ci/kg in the cold water pool. The main coolant stream is treated by a 5-stage Vapor Phase Catalytic Exchange process, followed by Cryogenic Distillation. Water Distillation is used to process the cold pool. The design uses proven technologies (although on a ten times larger scale), and takes advantage of features of light water tritium recovery. Tritium losses are controlled to 50 Ci/d by leak-tight design, tritium release trapping by the cold pool, lower pressure in the primary system relative to the steam system, and air driers.