Tritium handling requirements and development for fusion

Tritium technology development for the U.S. Department of Energy fusion program is taking place principally at three laboratories: Mound Facility, Argonne National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. This paper reviews major aspects of these three programs and discusses aspects of the tritium technology development at other laboratories in the U.S. Facilities and experiments discussed include the Tritium Effluent Control Laboratory and the Tritium Storage and Delivery System for the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at Mound Facility, the Lithium Processing Test Loop and the solid breeder blanket studies at Argonne National Laboratory, and the Tritium Systems Test Assembly at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will also be discussed.