ISSN:
1572-9540
Keywords:
high pressure
;
tritium
;
muon-catalyzed fusion
;
tritium safety
;
hydrogen isotope mixture
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract A facility is described that allows safe handling of high tritium gas activity as dozens kilocuries in a regular laboratory environment. It is used to make and deliver into the target a mixture of specific isotopic composition with the contamination requirement of 10-7 v.f. for Z〉1 elements, and recover it upon completion of operation. With this facility, efforts have been accomplished to investigate into the muon catalyzed fusion on two targets – liquid tritium and high-pressure tritium types. Also, the operation range was 0.1–120 MPa for pressure and 20–800 K for temperature and the amount of tritium used was about 100 kCi. The facility showed reliability in operation without indications of radiation beyond the safety level.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1012684819789
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