/sup 233/U breeding and neutron multiplying blankets for fusion reactors

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7241468

Cook, A G; Maniscalco, J A

A variety of blankets for fusion reactors were neutronically analyzed to determine the fusion energy multiplication factor (M), the heavy metal fission rate, the fissile atom production rate, and tritium production. The blankets studied were: (1) thorium metal, ThO/sub 2/, ThC/sub 2/, uranium metal, UO/sub 2/, UC, and UC/sub 2/ fast-fissioning blankets, (2) nonfissioning thorium metal blankets, (3) blankets that multiply neutrons in a /sup 238/U region and use those neutrons to breed tritium and /sup 233/U in a separate zone, and (4) beryllium, niobium, and molybdenum neutron-multiplying /sup 233/U breeding blankets.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Livermore
• OSTI ID: 7241468
• Journal Information: Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 30:1; ISSN NUTYB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ACTINIDES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BERYLLIUM
BREEDING
BREEDING BLANKETS
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FISSION
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYBRID REACTORS
ISOTOPES
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
NIOBIUM
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REFRACTORY METALS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
THORIUM
THORIUM CARBIDES
THORIUM COMPOUNDS
THORIUM OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM
URANIUM 233
URANIUM 238
URANIUM CARBIDES
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM OXIDES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES