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Wouldn't just building a CANDU reactor be more effective? They produce both power and tritium.
by jszymborski 2y ago
Wouldn't just building a CANDU reactor be more effective? They produce both power and tritium.
- perihelions 2y agoThey are not producing tritium; this is chemical engineering research geared at processing different forms of tritium. See (.pdf) https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/fusionportal/Shared%20Documents/FEC%202018/fec2018-preprints/preprint0767.pdf https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/fusionportal/Shared%20Documen... - "Storage and Delivery System for hydrogen isotopes is based on storage of tritium in the form of metal hydride and storage of deuterium in the form of metal hydride or in an alternative form;" - "System for hydrogen isotopes removal from various gaseous mixtures (simulating the plasma exhaust of a fusion machine);" - "Isotope Separation System (ISS) using ITER-like cascade of hydrogen cryogenic distillation columns;" - "ITER-like Water De-tritiation System (WDS) based on CECE (Combined Electrolysis and Catalytic Exchange) technology;" - "ITER like Atmosphere De-tritiation System (ADS) based on catalytic conversion of hydrogen containing species into water vapour followed by tritium removal from water vapour in wet scrubber column."