Commissioning and First Operating Experience at Darlington Tritium Removal Facility
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Fusion Technology
- Vol. 14 (2P2A) , 472-479
- https://doi.org/10.13182/fst88-a25177
Abstract
Ontario Hydro’s Tritium Removal Facility (DTRF) is presently in its early operating phase. The DTRF was built in order to reduce the average dose rate per worker and tritium emissions in all of Ontario Hydro’s CANDU reactors. As a byproduct tritium may be sold to civil users. This paper provides an overview of the system design, commissioning philosophy, program and results. Four areas of the plant are considered separately: 1. Main Extraction Process 2. Tritium Immobilization System 3. Glove Box Clean Up System 4. Support SystemsKeywords
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- Removal and Immobilization of Tritium from Ontario Hydro’s Nuclear Generating StationsFusion Technology, 1985