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THE TOKAMAK FUSION TEST REACTOR (TFTR).

TFTR WILL BE 1ST FUSION EXPERIMENT TO USE TRITIUM, RADIO- ACTIVE ISOTOPE OF HYDROGEN. TRITIUM WILL BE STORED IN SOLID FORM IN 3 THICK-WALLED STEEL CYLINDERS WITHIN TRITIUM STORAGE DELIVERY GLOVEBOX. WHEN NEEDED FOR MACHINE PULSE, TRITIUM GAS WILL BE GENERATED BY ELECTRICALLY HEATING SOLID TO A TEMPERATURE 300-400 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. VACUUM SYSTEM & TRITIUM SYSTEM WILL FUNCTION TOGETHER TO INJECT TRITIUM IN- TO TORUS TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENT& REMOVE WHEN EXPERIMENT OVER

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Date 15:21
This date is not correct: TFTR was dismantled in 2002. So the correct date must be beween 1980 and 2002.
Source 114 035 002
Author U.S. Department of Energy from United States

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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by U.S. Department of Energy at https://flickr.com/photos/37916456@N02/14281232230. It was reviewed on 22 November 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

22 November 2017

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Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

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20 June 2014

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