0000000000352124

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Elīna Pajuste

0000-0003-1036-4679

Tritium release behavior of beryllium pebbles after neutron irradiation between 523 and 823K

Abstract Post-irradiation tritium release from the Pebble Bed Assembly (PBA) neutron-irradiated beryllium (Be) pebbles (∅ ≈ 1 mm; the total tritium inventory 2–4 GBq/g) was investigated on annealing in He + 0.1% H 2 . Temperature ramps of 2.3 K/min followed by annealing for 1 h at 1310–1320 K resulted in complete detritiation of the PBA Be pebbles. The tritium burst release occurred after a time lag of 1–6.5 h during constant temperature anneals at 1089–1180 K, with the release time measured after reaching the annealing temperature. Tritium burst release was also observed to occur during cool down. Anneals at 1089 K for 8 h and at 1045 K for 23 h caused detritiation of the PBA Be pebbles by…

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This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 under grant agreement No 633053 . The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.

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