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At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 861-866
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29857
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Tritium permeabilities were determined at room temperature, 1.0 MPa (150 psia) tritium for three 23.4 cm diameter EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer) O-rings using a full-scale mock-up of the AL-SX shipping container seal geometry. The AL-SX container is being developed by Sandia National Laboratories for shipping tritium reservoirs. To determine the tritium permeation rate as a function of temperature, a 50.8 mm diameter EPDM O-ring was tested from room temperature to 150° C at a pressure of 1.0 MPa. Additional permeation measurements were made under the following test conditions: (1) deuterium and helium-4 at room temperature and a pressure of 1.0 MPa using the full-scale AL-SX fixture, (2) tritium from 0.1 MPa to 1.0 MPa at 142° C using the 50.8 mm fixture, and (3) deuterium from room temperature to 150° C at a pressure of 1.0 MPa using the 50.8 mm fixture. Multiple permeation runs using the three full-scale O-rings showed the average room temperature, 1.0 MPa steady state tritium permeation rate to be about 1 × 10−2 Pa-liter/sec (7.6 × 10−5 torr-liter/sec or 1 × 10−4 std cc/sec), well within the allowable limit of 7.1 × 10−2 Pa-liter/sec for tritium release from the AL-SX container. Based on the temperature dependence derived from tests on the 50.8 mm fixture, the permeation rate through the large O-ring at 1.0 MPa tritium, 150° C would be about 60% of the allowable limit. The tritium permeability was found to vary linearly with pressure within the range explored.