Analytical study on tritium migration in NGNP and countermeasures to reduce tritium contamination

Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-451

  Ohashi, Hirofumi ^a,b   Sherman, Steven R ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature electrolysis; IS process; Next generation nuclear plant; Thermochemical water splitting; Tritium; Very high temperature gas cooled reactor

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; OIL WELL FLOODING; POTABLE WATER; TRITIUM; WATER; WATER INJECTION;

HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS; IS PROCESS; NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR PLANTS; THERMO-CHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; VERY-HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTORS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 58449129662     PISSN: 13472879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/taesj.J08.007     Document Type: Article

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