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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
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.
J. Barnes, W. Harbin, J. Anderson, J. Bartlit, T. Hayashi, H. Nakamura, M. Inoue, K. Hirata, K. Okuno, Y. Naruse
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1984-1986
Material and Tritium | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30012
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The United States Department of Energy and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) have installed a full-scale fuel cleanup system (JFCU) at the Los Alamos Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) for testing. A component in the JFCU, the Ceramic Electrolysis Cell (CEC), was observed to have an internal leak after approximately one year of intermittent tests. This paper describes the experience of removal, decontamination and disassembly of this full-scale component.
