DOI: 10.22184/2227-572X.2020.10.5.372.377

JSC VNIINM – Bochvar Inorganic Materials Research Institute (formerly known as Research Institute #9) was founded as a scientific and technological center to solve the problems of nuclear energy. From the very foundation, scientific research had been carried out to study the physical nad chemical properties of the superheavy isotope of hydrogen – tritium. The team of the research department for the development of equipment and technologies for special non-nuclear materials and isotopic products of this institute co-authored all Soviet, and later Russian tritium technologies – from the production of tritium by the reactor (from lithium 6 isotope), purification and concentration of this most important component of thermonuclear fusion before the decontamination of materials and units of technological installations contaminated with this hydrogen isotope (detritization). And today in the work of this department, tritium is one of the most important elements for the development of modern high-tech solutions for various fields of science and industry. Read about the tasks facing the youngest team at VNIINM JSC, about the latest developments and equipment, as well as about development prospects in our report from its laboratories and production sites.