Research Article
Source Term Study on Tritium in HTR-PM: Theoretical Calculations and Experimental Design
Table 2
Production amount of H-3 in the reactor core of HTR-PM during 40 years’ operation.
| | Source | Activity (Bq) | Proportion |
| | Ternary fission reaction in fuel elements | 1.97E + 15 | 23.20% | | Activation reaction of He-3 in the primary coolant | 4.64E + 14 | 5.46% | | Activation reaction of Li-6 in fuel elements | 6.31E + 14 | 7.43% | | Activation reaction of Li-7 in fuel elements | 9.44E + 11 | 0.01% | | Activation reaction of Li-6 in graphite reflectors | 1.47E + 14 | 1.73% | | Activation reaction of Li-7 in graphite reflectors | 1.40E + 12 | 0.02% | | Activation reaction of Li-6 in carbon bricks | 4.19E + 12 | 0.05% | | Activation reaction of Li-7 in carbon bricks | 1.02E + 08 | 0.00% | | Activation reaction of B-10 in carbon bricks | 1.89E + 13 | 0.22% | | Activation reaction of B-10 in control rods | 5.26E + 15 | 61.88% | | Activation reaction of B-10 in absorber balls | 4.95E + 10 | 0.00% |
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