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Title: Nuclear reactor assemblies, nuclear reactor target assemblies, and nuclear reactor methods

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1651027

Reactor target assemblies are provided that can include a housing defining a perimeter of at least one volume and Np or Am spheres within the one volume. Reactor assemblies are provided that can include a reactor vessel and a bundle of target assemblies within the reactor vessel, at least one of the target assemblies comprising a housing defining a volume with Np or Am spheres being within the volume. Irradiation methods are also provided that can include irradiating Np or Am spheres within a nuclear reactor, then removing the irradiated spheres from the reactor and treating the irradiated spheres.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
10,685,757
Application Number:
15/476,870
OSTI ID:
1651027
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/31/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

System and Method for Radioactive Waste Destruction patent-application August 2003
System and method for radioactive waste destruction patent May 2004
Modular Nuclear Fission Waste Conversion Reactor patent-application August 2017
Fuel Assembly patent-application November 2014