Evaluation Study of the Tritium-Handling Requirements of a Tokamak Experimental Power Reactor

摘要

This report is a Mound Laboratory evaluation study of the tritium handling and containment technology common to all Tokamak Experi mental Power Reactor (EPR) conceptual designs. The EPR is assumed to be fueled with a 50/50 deuterium-tritium mixture and to produce thermal power in the 150 to 450 MW range with mechanical power achieved by a steam turbine. The structure will be fabricated principally with stainless steel and no tritium breeding is anticipated during the initial operation.nThe necessary plant systems and associated administrative control requirements that are discussed include the plasma fuel and exhaust systems, the blanket and coolant system, the plant containment system, tritium accountability, and construction and operation of the reactor facility.