
356 Engineering Response to Climate Change
3. If the liquid varies in temperature where it strikes solid materials,
temperature cycling and thermal expansion will disintegrate the
materials over time.
4. Tritium and other materials will be dissolved, or otherwise pres-
ent in the many cubic meters of liquid. Tritium inventories must be
limited, especially to minimize any release to the atmosphere in an
accident. Heavy elements could become highly radioactive, or even-
tually change the ibe characteristics. All of these impurities need
to be removed from the ibe, down to the level that is determined to
be allowable.
5. Liquid walls are probab ...