Tritium: Fuel of Fusion Reactors

Part I. Current Status of R&D on Tritium Fueling (Including Breeding) Systems

1. Introduction of a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Tetsuo Tanabe

2. Characteristics of Tritium
Tetsuo Tanabe

3. Fuel Flow and Balance in a D–T Fusion Reactor
Tetsuo Tanabe, Masabumi Nishikawa

4. Burning Plasma
Yasuyuki Nakao

5. Behavior of Fuels in Reactor
Tetsuo Tanabe

Part II. Tritium Handling (Fueling) and Processing

6. Tritium Fueling System
Toshihiko Yamanishi

7. Tritium Measurement I—Tritium in Gas, Liquid, and Solid
Masanori Hara, Yoshinori Kawamura, Tetsuo Tanabe

8. Tritium Measurement II—Tritium in Plasma
Hideki Zushi

9. Permeation and Permeation Barrier
Yuji Hatano

10. Contamination and Decontamination
Kanetsugu Isobe

11. Isotope Separation System (ISS)
Toshihiko Yamanishi

12. Evaluation Method of Tritium Breeding Ratio Using Neutron Transport Equation
Hideaki Matsuura, Masabumi Nishikawa

13. Recovery of Tritium Bred in Blanket
Kazunari Katayama, Masabumi Nishikawa

Part III. Tritium Issues Relating Safety

14. Safety Confinement System
Kazunari Katayama, Masabumi Nishikawa

15. Behavior of Tritium Released to the Environment
Kazuyuki Noborio, Tetsuo Tanabe

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