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Development of the JAERI Fuel Cleanup System for Tests at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly

Authors :
Satoshi Konishi
Yuji Naruse
James L. Anderson
J. W. Barnes
Kiyoshi Okuno
M. Inoue
T. Hayashi
Source :
Fusion Technology. 19:1595-1600
Publication Year :
1991
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 1991.

Abstract

The Tritium Process Laboratory (TPL) at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) has developed a Fuel Cleanup System (FCU) which accepts simulated fusion reactor exhaust and produces pure hydrogen isotopes and tritium-free waste. The major components are; a palladium diffuser, a catalytic reactor, cold traps, a ceramic electrolysis cell, and zirconium-cobalt beds. In 1988, an integrated FCU process loop was installed in the TPL. A number of “hot” runs were performed to study the system characteristics and improve performance. Under the US-Japan collaboration program, the “JAERI Fuel Cleanup System” (JFCU) was designed and fabricated by JAERI/TPL for testing at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) in Los Alamos National Laboratory as a major subsystem of the simulated fusion fuel cycle. The JFCU was installed in the TSTA in early 1990.

Details

ISSN :
07481896
Volume :
19
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Fusion Technology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........e3124044019243e63c736d09e6d54f98
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.13182/fst91-a29569