Producing Hydrogen-3 by irradiating lithium orthosilicate targets in a fission research reactor

Neutron flux in the eight irradiation boxes of the 5 MW Tehran low power research reactor computes by MCNP Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code. The lithium orthosilicate, an interesting material in fusion engineering, encapsulated by quartz cylindrical containers positioned in the irradiation boxes to produce tritium. According to the weight of the tritium produced in the Tehran research reactor in comparison with reference reactor, this type of low power reactor can be used as a source of external tritium supplier in the fusion research facility.