Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Combined
Patent
1979-08-08
1983-01-25
Cangialosi, Sal
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Combined
376914, G21C 100
Patent
active
043702988
ABSTRACT:
A reactor system for producing useful thermal energy and valuable isotopes, such as plutonium-239, uranium-233, and/or tritium, in which a pair of sub-critical masses of fissile and fertile actinide slugs are propelled into an ellipsoidal pressure vessel. The propelled slugs intercept near the center of the chamber where the concurring slugs become a more than prompt configuration thereby producing a fission explosion. Re-useable accelerating mechanisms are provided external of the vessel for propelling the slugs at predetermined time intervals into the vessel. A working fluid of lean molten metal slurry is injected into the chamber prior to each explosion for the attenuation of the explosion's effects, for the protection of the chamber's walls, and for the absorbtion of thermal energy and debris from the explosion. The working fluid is injected into the chamber in a pattern so as not to interfere with the flight paths of the slugs and to maximize the concentration of working fluid near the chamber's center. The heated working fluid is drained from the vessel and is used to perform useful work. Most of the debris from the explosion is collected as precipitate and is used for the manufacture of new slugs.
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patent: 4121969 (1978-10-01), Marwick
patent: 4121971 (1978-10-01), Marwick
patent: 4216058 (1980-08-01), Marwick
Juhl Nis H.
Marwick Edward F.
Cangialosi Sal
Juhl Nis H.
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