Tritium in Nature The heaviest isotope of hydrogen is made not only by man in nuclear reactors but also by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. Its radioactive atoms can be used to trace natural processes ...

On the other hand, tritium is a fast-decaying radioelement of hydrogen that occurs only in trace quantities in nature.

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a ...

GAS–SOLID chromatography has proved to be a promising method for enrichment of tritium in hydrogen gas samples 1. Previous work has shown that tritium can be enriched with a concentration factor ...

Tritium measurements will also be conducted twice a year in four beaches close to the Fukushima nuclear plant. TEPCO plans to strengthen its own monitoring of tritium in the water from April.