SEPARATING AND OXIDIZING HYDROGEN ISOTOPES FROM GAS MIXTURE FOLLOWED BY ELECTROLYSIS

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE :A process for removing helium and other impuritiesfrom a mixture containing deuterium and tritium, which processcomprises the steps of: separating from the mixture isotopesof hydrogen in any of their diatomic combined forms; oxidisingthe separated isotopes to their corresponding oxides; separa-ting tritiumoxide and deuterium-tritium oxide from the oxidesthus formed; and electrolysing the separated oxides todeuterium and tritium. Preferably the impure mixture ofdeuterium and tritium is a waste product of a fusion reactor,and the purified deuterium/tritium mixture is recycled to thereactor.