The emissions to the atmosphere, by a heavy ion inertial fusion
reactor in accidental and normal operations, are in form of
tritium gas with two chemicals forms of tritium: HT and HTO.
Emissions of 100% HT have been analyzed in this work, and their
consequences in the dosimetry. The primary phase of the emission
depends on the atmospheric conditions. As a consequence, the
tritium is dispersed far from the source. The HT can be oxidized
in the stratosphere or in the surface by microbiological action
to convert it to HTO, and back to the air in a reemission process
or penetrate into the subground. In the form of HT, the effective
dose equivalent (EDE) is important in the case of intake
(inhalation, skin absorption, or ingestion), because tritium
is a beta emitter of low energy and the dose by external uptake
is not considerable. Thus, the dose by ingestion contributes
the most to the total dose in the case of HT rather than HTO.
It constitutes 98% of the total EDE, in contrast with the
contribution to the total dose by HTO, which is only 40%.