CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE-SEPARATION SYSTEM AT FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM-KARLSRUHE

On August 24, 1993, the gas chromatography based Isotopic Separation S ystem (ISS) built in Canada by CFFTP was delivered to the Forschungsze ntrum in Karlsruhe (FZK) to form part of the Tritium Laboratory Karlsr uhe (TLK) infrastructure. The system was successfully reassembled at K arlsruhe, and has been commissioned with a mixture of hydrogen and deu terium. To date, four experimental campaigns have been carried out whi ch show that at liquid nitrogen temperatures, the system is capable of separating 120 I batches of H-2, HD and D-2. During 1995, the ISS wil l complete licensing and will be prepared for tritium service.