Tritium recovery from nanostructured LiAlO2

In this work, a complex superlattice is obtained from a simple synthesis method. A detailed study by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy is presented to determine the structural composition and the nanostructure of the obtained LiAlO2 mixtures. To establish the influence of the superlattice presence in the tritium recovery, the obtained samples were irradiated with a mixed thermal and fast neutron flux in the nuclear reactor Triga Mark III (NRTMIII) at Salazar, Mexico. The study is focused on the superlattice effect on tritium mobility. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.