Coated ceramic breeder materials

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:875195

Tam, Shiu-Wing ^[1]; Johnson, Carl E. ^[2]

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1. Downers Grove, IL
2. Elk Grove, IL

A breeder material for use in a breeder blanket of a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The breeder material comprises a core material of lithium containing ceramic particles which has been coated with a neutron multiplier such as Be or BeO, which coating has a higher thermal conductivity than the core material.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US H259
• Application Number: 06/899139
• OSTI ID: 875195
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1986 Aug 22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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