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Early Operating Experience with the Tritium Systems Test Assembly Tritium Waste Treatment System

R. V. Carlson, S. P. Cole, F. A. Damiano, W. A. Stone

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 2P2 / September 1985 / Pages 2184-2189

Blanket and Process Engineering / Proceedings of the Second National Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Dayton, Ohio, April 30 to May 2, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24606

At the Tritium Systems Test Assembly, tritium is removed from all gaseous waste before these gases are released to the environment. The removal is based on the catalytic conversion of tritium gas and tritiated compounds to the water form and collection of the tritiated water on molecular sieve. The system has operated reliably during the initial tritium phases of TSTA operation with no major problems.