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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1680-1685
Material and Tritium | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29583
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Strict control over tritium production and inventory must be obtained by any electrical utility operating a magnetic confinement fusion reactor plant if they do not want to be in the business of tritium production beyond the requirements for their own plants. A computer model has been developed to analyze the tritium inventory in a multiple compartment tritium handling system. Analysis has been conducted to explore a variety of reactor system operational parameters and modes including the effects of varying the TBR to achieve a constant storage inventory, the effects of actual operational cycles including an annual down time for blanket replacement, and the effects of failures of various components within the tritium processing stream.