Spherical neutron generator

Patent · Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:1176002

Leung, Ka-Ngo

A spherical neutron generator is formed with a small spherical target and a spherical shell RF-driven plasma ion source surrounding the target. A deuterium (or deuterium and tritium) ion plasma is produced by RF excitation in the plasma ion source using an RF antenna. The plasma generation region is a spherical shell between an outer chamber and an inner extraction electrode. A spherical neutron generating target is at the center of the chamber and is biased negatively with respect to the extraction electrode which contains many holes. Ions passing through the holes in the extraction electrode are focused onto the target which produces neutrons by D-D or D-T reactions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,139,349
• Application Number: 10/100,955
• OSTI ID: 1176002
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2002 Mar 18
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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