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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.
T. Yamanishi, Y. Iwai, M. Nishi, H. Yoshida
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 531-535
Fueling and Tritium Handling Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963667
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Two control methods of the column processing the plasma exhaust gas are proposed in the present study. A method is that the flow rate of the middle product stream is adjusted from the tritium balance around the column. The flow rate of bottom product stream is adjusted by a feedback control loop. In the other method, the flow rate of middle product stream is adjusted by a feedforward control loop from the tritium feed rate by the plasma exhaust gas. The flow rate of bottom product stream is adjusted by a feedback control loop. The later method always gives successful results against the appreciable fluctuations for the flow rate and composition of the plasma exhaust gas.