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Evaluation of Tritiated Water Retention Capacity of Fusion Reactor Concrete Building

Shigeo Numata, Yasuhiko Fujii, Makoto Okamoto

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 21 / Number 2P2 / March 1992 / Pages 821-826

Material; Storage and Processing / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29850

The diffusion of tritiated water vapor into concrete walls is studied to evaluate tritiated water retention capacity of a fusion reactor concrete building. Using a model of the tritiated water diffusion determined from experimental results, depth profiles of tritiated water in concrete are calculated in the case of being exposed to air containing tritiated water vapor during the normal operational condition of a fusion reactor. A 0.5-m-thick concrete is sufficient for reactor hall walls from a viewpoint of the tritium containment.