Tritium recovery from tritiated water by electrolysis

Fusion Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-308

  Bellanger, Gilbert ^a,c   Rameau, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a CENTRE DE VALDUC   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIFFUSION; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METAL RECOVERY; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVITY;

ELECTROLYZERS;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0033334918     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST99-A110     Document Type: Article

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