Experimental investigation on key equipments related to an alternative exhaust plasma process

The present paper gives the first experimental results and the design of some units related to the Isotopic Separation System of a spent plasma processing that of which the feasibility study has been presented at the last ANS Nation Topical Meeting on ''tritium'', held in Dayton (Ohio), USA. These units are: (a) an electrolytic cell for the hydrogen isotopic separation by using heterogeneous catalytic electrodes: (b) an original electrolytic cell designed for low tritium inventory; (c) a distillation unit for the DTO purification from H/sub 2/O.