ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR
Patent
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OSTI ID:4155044
An electronuclear reactor is described in which a very high-energy particle accelerator is employed with appropriate target structure to produce an artificially produced material in commercial quantities by nuclear transformations. The principal novelty resides in the combination of an accelerator with a target for converting the accelerator beam to copious quantities of low-energy neutrons for absorption in a lattice of fertile material and moderator. The fertile material of the lattice is converted by neutron absorption reactions to an artificially produced material, e.g., plutonium, where depleted uranium is utilized as the fertile material.
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-022645
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 2933442
- OSTI ID:
- 4155044
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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