Process and arrangement for the incremental enrichment of deuterium and/or tritium in a material suitable for the isotope exchange of deuterium and/or tritium with hydrogen

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process is disclosed for the incremental enrichment of deuterium and/or tritium in a material which is suitable for the isotope exchange of deuterium and tritium with hydrogen. An apparatus especially adapted for the implementation of the process is also disposed. The novel process and apparatus for the enrichment of deuterium and/or tritium in water in addition to a high, transport speed for the molecules which participate in the isotope exchange evidences a high enrichment factor for each enrichment stage and a high yield so that, at a relatively small number of stages and low energy consumption there is attainable an overall high degree of enrichment. For each enrichment stage, water …