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HEAT TRANSFER AND TRITIUM PRODUCING SYSTEM

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4829722

This invention related to a circulating lithium-containing blanket system in a neution source hav'ing a magnetic field associated therewith. The blanket serves simultaneously and efficiently as a heat transfer mediunm and as a source of tritium. The blanket is composed of a lithium-6-enriched fused salt selected from the group consisting of lithium nitrite, lithium nitrate, a mixture of said salts, a mixture of each of said salts with lithium oxide, and a mixture of said salts with each other and with lithium oxide. The moderator, which is contained within the blanket in a separate conduit, can be water. A stellarator is one of the neutron sources which can be used in this invention. (AEC)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-019878
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3037922
OSTI ID:
4829722
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English