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T. Norimatsu, H. Saika, H. Homma, M. Nakai, S. Fukada, A. Sagara, H. Azechi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 3 | October 2011 | Pages 893-896
ICF | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12561
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To reduce the tritium permeation from the primary liquid metal loop to the secondary water loop, a heat exchanger concept that incorporates small diameter tubes containing an oxidizer was proposed. An inert gas containing a small amount of oxidizer flows in the small tubes oxiding tritium that comes from the primary liquid metal coolant. The tritiated water is sent to a tritium recovery system minimizing leakage to the secondary water loop. Our evaluation results indicated that the tritium leakage through the heat exchanger was reduced to 1/105 with an acceptable increase in the size of the heat exchanger.