Introduction

Waste Management Technology has extensive experience in a range of different tritium handling and processing operations. This experience includes the following:

• assessment of tritium content of tritiated materials
• design and development of tritium handling facilities
• operation of detritiation plant
• packaging and disposal of tritiated wastes

Waste Management Technology Service
Waste Management Technology has extensive tritium capabilities at Winfrith. Importantly, in association withthis, we have discharge authorisations for gaseous and liquid tritium from the Winfrith site. In support to this we are also able to offer our extensive expertise in safety and safety documentation for tritium work. This includes plant safety, commissioning and operations, analysis, designing and undertaking dedicated experiments and development, environmental impact assessment, discharge monitoring and discharge minimisation. We operate safe working practices for all our plant, and have specific procedures developed for tritium work.

Waste Management Technology has in-house capabilities for tritium measurement by scintillation counting of liquid samples, on-line ionisation chamber measurement of gas and airborne tritium, radiographical measurement of tritium distribution over surfaces, mass spectrometry, and dedicated in-plant equipment associated with tritium recycling.

Waste Management Technology has extensive experience in a range of different tritium operations. This experience includes the following:

• Operation of detritiation plant
• Assessment of tritium content of tritiated materials
• Monitoring and assessment of tritium in air concentrations
• Design and development of tritium handling facilities
• Packaging and disposal of tritiated wastes