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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Jon L. Maienschein, Rebecca S. Hudson, Roy T. Tsugawa, Evelyn M. Fearon, P. Clark Souers, Gilbert W. Collins
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 269-275
Tritium Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29756
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Production of molecular deuterium-tritium (D-T) with very low molecular tritium (T2) is necessary for application as a nuclear spin polarized fuel. Selective adsorption of hydrogen isotopes on zeolites or alumina can provide the separation needed to produce D-T with very low T2. Use of an adsorption column at 20–25 K offers low inventory, compact size, and rapid operation, in comparison with conventional separation techniques such as cryogenic distillation or thermal diffusion. We discuss principles of adsorption, and describe a calculational model of the adsorption column and operational implications revealed by it. We show experimental proof-of-principle data for removal of T2 from D-T with an adsorption column operated at 23 K.
