ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
Latest Magazine Issues
Dec 2024
Jul 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
January 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
S. Tosti, A. Colombini, V. Violante, G. Simbolotti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 755-760
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30495
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A computer model has been developed to evaluate tritium permeation to coolant and in vanadium tubes inventory in Safety and Environmental Assessment of Fusion Power (SEAFP) blanket. The mean tritium partial pressure in gaseous breeder phase are in the range from 0.5 to 5 Pa for helium purge gas velocity from 0.1 to 0.4 m/s; in these conditions the tritium permeation to coolant changes from 32.8 to 16.4 g/day and the tritium inventory in vanadium tubes from 4000 to 2000 g. The H/T ratio involves a relevant tritium permeation variation: with 0.2 m/s helium purge gas velocity varying the H/T ratio from 100 to 50 the tritium permeation to coolant ranges from 23.2 to 32.7 g/day. The analysis shows that defects free thin permeation barriers (SiC and Al2O3) are very effective to making negligible the tritium permeation to coolant and the tritium inventory in tubes.