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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Masabumi Nishikawa, Toshiharu Takeishi, Yoshinori Kawamura, Yuji Takagi, Yuzuru Matsumoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 878-882
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29860
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The behavior of tritium on the surface of various piping materials is discussed considering the various mass transfer steps. It is observed in this study that the isotope exchange reaction between gaseous hydrogen in gas stream and surface water and transfer of hydrogen isotopes and water through surface layer formed on materials or pores are most effective when an oxide film layer is formed on a material surface such as stainless steel. The amount of tritium sorbed on the stainless steel is correlated and compared with that observed for copper or quartz. The memory effect observed for an ionization chamber having stainless steel electrodes is also compared with that having copper electrodes.
