Development of the Packaging for Tritium Transport

For the purpose of establishment of the Fusion Fuel Cycle, research and development using tritium has been carryied out by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). In order to procure tritium for R&D, development a of tritium transport package is necessary. This paper describes an overview of the package developed by JAERI, which is designed to comply with the Japanese domestic transport regulations revised on the basis of the 1985 edition of the lAEA Safety Standards No. 6 1 • It took approximately 4 years to develop the package. The schedule of development is as follows; JFY 1989: Conceptual design JFY 1990: Basic design and investigation on chemical and physical property of tritium getter JFY 1991 : Demonstration tests for verification of compliance with the requirement of the regulation and licensing effort JFY 1992: Fabrication of the actual package