“Experimental TRF as support for ITER researches activities” S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

2 TO FAR TO CLOSE THE WAY © 2011, JET Organization EURATOM Treaty is the international legal framework under which the Member States cooperate in the fields of nuclear fission and fusion research Council of the European Community - European fusion device JET © 2011, JET Organization European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

3 On 24 October 2007, following ratification by all Members, the ITER Agreement entered into force and officially established the ITER Organization. ITER - “International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor” also means “way, trip” from latin “iter, itineris” also means “repetition” from latin “iteratio” We could “translate” that power is obtained through a process of repetitively plasma confinement of a DT mixture A cut-away view of the ITER Machine TOMORROW TODAY S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

4 The "closed DT loop" fuelling cycle of ITER © 2011, ITER Organization The plasma exhaust is removed and processed through an isotope separation system that extracts out the fusion fuels for reinjection into the fuelling cycle. 80 m 20 m 35 m ITER Tritium Plant ( courtesy of KIT and ITER ) Where we could participate in ITER ? S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

5 Outline Flow Diagram of ITER Fuel Cycle Systems and Interfaces WHERE WE COULD PARTICIPATE S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

6 ICIT TRF Outside view Inside view P E LPCE – Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange system; CD – Cryogenic Distillation system; P – Purification unit; E – Electrolyser Technology S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

7 ITER technology and ICIT Tritium Removal Facility o ICIT TRF is a cycle for heavy water detritiation with a catalytic isotope exchange module, followed by a cryogenic distillation system; o In the ITER Tritium Plant we have WDS and ISS modules similar as those from ICIT TRF ICIT PILOT PLANT Catalytic isotopic exchange tritiated heavy water - deuterium, followed by cryogenic distillation P IEC CD Tritiated Feed Water Tritium Depleted Water D 2 Tritium Analysis System MONITORING AND SAFETY SYSTEMS Links between experimental modules for Tritium and Deuterium Separation Pilot Plant Tritium Storage System HR CD Boiler O 2 Purifier Electrolyser LPCE Heater Condenser Boiler Potential combination of WDS and ISS at ITER WDS, ISS/ITER: LPCE ELECTROLYSERS, PERMEATION CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION WDS/ICIT LPCE ELECTROYSER, PURIFICATION CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

8 Cryogenic & Mechanical Test Laboratory department of the Pilot Plant support a wide range of projects (nat. & intl.) hydrogen isotopes distillation design of cryogenic equipment data base for materials and cryogenic equipment hydrogen isotopes storages systems permeation studies toughness, tensile and compression tests in the range 20 – 700 K What are the possibilities to support the ITER researches? National and EFDA researches projects Training networksConsortium of institutes Facilities Helium liquefier LINDE-L5; Hydrogen liquefier PPH 100; Nitrogen liquefier PPG; Charpy pendulum F040 S1; Testing machine TC 300; Furnace and glove-box; Toughness stand; Tensile cryostats; H 2, D 2 distillation stand; Aquisition/data proces control; System (LAB-VIEW 5.0); Hydrogen isotopes permeation stand S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

9 Experimental stand for cryogenic separation of H,D species Cryogenic separation stand Hydrogen Liquefier- type PPH, Cold-Box, Acquisition system GC Varian With this experimental set-up was determined the separation performances of a full list of commercial and non-commercial packages with different configurations Also there were studied two different tritium extraction system for the cryogenic columns, one with calibrated vessel volumes and another one with active charcoal cryo-trap and molecular sieve bed. S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

10 Extraction System and Permeation Stand Where: PS - Permeation Stand; GB - Glove Box; CDC - Cryogenic Distillation Column; CB - Cold-Box; ES - Extraction; MCG - Micro- Gas Chromatograph; BS - Burning System; MS – Quadropole Mass Spectrometer; LS - Liquid Scintillation; FTIR - Spectrometer S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF Hydrogen isotopes permeation stand

11 Endurance tests of WDS components. (TW6-TTFD-TR64) experimental setup / tritiated water (100 Ci·kg -1 ) / LPCE column/ similar catalyst to KIT- TLK LPCE Pt/PTFE/charcoal hydrophobic catalyst manufactured & tested at ICIT test period: 1, 3, 6, 12 months tritiated water (IFIN HH Bucharest) burning to water of HT mixture into a reactor with Al/Pd catalys The experimental stand: Tritiated water process pump Column filled with catalyst Pt/C/PTFE Tritiated water vessel Electric and water heater Water metering pump Draining system Update of ITER ISS-WDS process design (TW6-TTFD-TPI-55) Aim to development of 2D and 3D symbols for ISS systems (ISO) => CATIA V5 Catalogues/PRM Result symbols (P & ID) for WDS-ISS in collaboration with Associations and companies P&ID, equipment’s, pipes, components & instrumentations S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

12 Training Programme for “Fuel Cycle” ( ) and “Tri-Toffy” ( ) Objectives Development and design of core systems of the ITER Fuel Cycle Optimization of ITER Fuel Cycle systems Development of complementary tritium processing and monitoring techniques Details Partners: FZK-KIT (coordinator)/ CEA/ ENEA/ MTA ATOMKI/ICIT/JET(Tri-Toffy only) 1 early-stage researcher per partner/ Personal Career Development Plan Training and tritium related work in partner laboratories R&D / design work Additional courses, seminars, lectures on fusion physics and technology Semi annual meetings / Reports: Scientific/ Technical/ Financial (annual & final) Reports Team at JET / Fuel Cycle/ G. Ana Team at JET / Tri-Toffy/ I. Spiridon S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

13 CONSORTIUM STRUCTURE F4E Others IO Industry MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAM MANAGEMENT BODY LEAD PARTY COLLABORATION MANAGER WORK PACKAGE LEADERS PARTIES REPRESENTATIVES PARTIES REPRESENTATIVES KITCEAENEAICIT PARTIES STEERING COMMITTEE Tri-Pla-CA Consortium Partners: KIT/CEA/ENEA/EURATOM- MEdC/ICIT Interest: ITER Tritium Plant systems/ Atmosphere Detritiation Systems/Hot Cell Facility Shared use of test facilities support of R&D work for ITER WDS and ISS TRENTA facility from KIT Pilot Plant for Deuterium and Tritium Separation from MEdC/ICIT Rm. Valcea Pilot Plant for Deuterium and Tritium Separation KIT TRENTA Facility ( courtesy of KIT ) S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

14 What has been done so far? A) ITER/CT/09/ “Development of method for highly tritiated water handling in ITER Tritium Plant. Phase-1” D1 Report on the detailed assessment of technology comprising process block diagram; D2 Conceptual PFD of HTW processing D3 Feasibility study of proposed technology diagram B) Finalization of the system capacity, enhancements studies and detailed design of WDS components including HAZOP studies - F4E-2010-GRT-045 (PNS- VTP) 1.R&D to complete the design of Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange (LPCE) 2.Conceptual design and PFD for WDS, HAZOP study, Design review, provisional cost estimate of WDS; 3.Detailed design of WDS tritiated water holding tanks including ANSYS Static & Dynamic Analysis in ASME III, Appendix N-Dynamic Analysis; 4.Technical specifications for manufacturing of WDS tritiated water holding tanks (100 m 3 and 20 m 3 ) S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

15 Was prepared the procedure for the design, seismic loads calculation and the analysis method of the WDS Emergency and Tritiated Water Holding Tanks NoCharacteristicsHolding tanksEmergency holding tank 1Number of tanks42 2Required capacity of the tanks20 m m 3 3Tanks maximal filling ratio90% 4Content of tanksWater with tritium concentration up to 300 Ci/kg 5Position in Tokamak buildingB2 level (14-B2-24)B2 level(14-B2-25) S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF

16 C) The consortium submitted its proposals to the other two Call for Tender: ITER IO-CFT “Conceptual design of the Analytical System” IO-RT “Tritium Processes Simulation Model” ANSYS Static & Dynamic Analysis in ASME III, Appendix N-Dynamic Analysis for WDS tritiated water holding tanks (100 m 3 and 20 m 3 ). S BRAD - TRITIUM MANAGEMENT - 7 th of June 2012 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES ICIT-TRF