Numerical study on tritium behavior by using isotope exchange reactions in thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur process

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1407-1420

  Ohashi, Hirofumi ^a   Sakaba, Nariaki ^a   Nishihara, Tetsuo ^a   Inagaki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kunitomi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HTGR; HTTR; HTTR IS system; Hydrogen production; IS process; Isotope exchange reaction; Thermochemical water splitting; Tritium; Tritium activity concentration

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPE EXCHANGE REACTION; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE REACTIONS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; TRITIUM ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION;

TRITIUM;

EID: 37149008353     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.44.1407     Document Type: Article

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