Design and construction of the Tritium Systems Test Assembly

The objective of TSTA is to develop those aspects of tritium technology related to the fuel cycle for fusion power reactors and to develop the environmental and personnel safety systems required for such a tritium facility. The TSTA schedule calls for construction to be completed and the facility to be operational by the end of FY-1981. The project is now somewhat more than halfway through the design-construction phase and is currently on schedule for the 1981 operational milestone. In this paper the current status of the major subsystems will be discussed. The subsystems to be discussed include the: Vacuum Facility; Fuel Cleanup; Isotope Separation; Transfer Pump; Emergency Tritium Cleanup; Tritium Waste Treatment; Tritium Monitoring; Secondary Containment; and, the Master Data Acquisition and Control System