Tritium
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
4 statements about Tritium, every show
Von Munch: Every fusion approach must breed its own tritium to be economical
“Every fusion approach out there needs to breed its own tritium to be economical, so make tritium from fusion events using deuterium and lithium.”
Langtry: NRC mandates incident report for 10 unaccounted curies of tritium
“The NRC has this rule that if you can't account for 10 curies of tritium in your system, You have, like, 30 days to report it as an incident to the NRC that you've, like, lost 10 curies of tritium.”
Langtry: Standard glowing exit signs contain roughly 25 curies of tritium
“And to give you an idea of how small that is, an exit sign has, like, 25 curies of tritium.”