Tritium-Related Activities in the Russian Federation

Abstract

An overview of tritium-related efforts completed in the Russian Federation by various scientific institutions from 2001 up to now is presented. The scope of efforts covers almost all fields of tritium and its compound management, from production up to disposal.

Keywords:

• Tritium activities in Russian Federation
• material science
• fundamental and applied research

Acknowledgments

I am very grateful to all my colleagues from RFNC-VNIIEF who participated in preparation and discussion of the material (I. P. Maksimkin, V. V. Tikhonov, I. L. Malkov, R. K. Musyaev, V. A. Korolev, and P. V. Shirnin), as well as employees of MUCTR (E. P. Magomedbekov, M. B. Rozenkevich, I. L. Rastunova, and Yu. S. Pak), employees of NRC “Kurchatov Institute” (A. V. Spitsyn, S. S. Ananyev, and M. P. Faifman), employees of MPA (S. M.-A. Valeev, S. V. Svetlakov, and T. S. Volkova), I. A. Alekseev from PNPI, A. I. Livshits from St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, G. M. Ter-Akopian and A. S. Fomichev from JINR, A. A. Semenov from Bochvar Institute, and V. G. Barchukov from SRC – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency.