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Work-study master’s program in nuclear offered in Italy
Energy company Ansaldo Energia recently hosted a ceremony at its headquarters in Genoa, Italy, marking the launch of the Master in Technologies for Nuclear Power Plants program, which it developed in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano. A call for graduates in engineering, physics, and chemistry issued in May attracted more than 300 applications, 26 of which were selected for the program.
S. Tosti, A. Colombini, V. Violante, G. Simbolotti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 755-760
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30495
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A computer model has been developed to evaluate tritium permeation to coolant and in vanadium tubes inventory in Safety and Environmental Assessment of Fusion Power (SEAFP) blanket. The mean tritium partial pressure in gaseous breeder phase are in the range from 0.5 to 5 Pa for helium purge gas velocity from 0.1 to 0.4 m/s; in these conditions the tritium permeation to coolant changes from 32.8 to 16.4 g/day and the tritium inventory in vanadium tubes from 4000 to 2000 g. The H/T ratio involves a relevant tritium permeation variation: with 0.2 m/s helium purge gas velocity varying the H/T ratio from 100 to 50 the tritium permeation to coolant ranges from 23.2 to 32.7 g/day. The analysis shows that defects free thin permeation barriers (SiC and Al2O3) are very effective to making negligible the tritium permeation to coolant and the tritium inventory in tubes.
