ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR
Abstract
An electronuclear reactor is described in which a very high-energy particle accelerator is employed with appropriate target structure to produce an artificially produced material in commercial quantities by nuclear transformations. The principal novelty resides in the combination of an accelerator with a target for converting the accelerator beam to copious quantities of low-energy neutrons for absorption in a lattice of fertile material and moderator. The fertile material of the lattice is converted by neutron absorption reactions to an artificially produced material, e.g., plutonium, where depleted uranium is utilized as the fertile material.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4155044
- Patent Number(s):
- 2933442
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-022645
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; ABSORPTION; ACCELERATORS; FERTILE MATERIALS; MODERATORS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PATENT; PLUTONIUM; PRODUCTION; REACTORS; TARGETS
Citation Formats
Lawrence, E O, McMillan, E M, and Alvarez, L W. ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR. United States: N. p., 1960.
Web.
Lawrence, E O, McMillan, E M, & Alvarez, L W. ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR. United States.
Lawrence, E O, McMillan, E M, and Alvarez, L W. Tue .
"ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR". United States.
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title = {ELECTRONUCLEAR REACTOR},
author = {Lawrence, E O and McMillan, E M and Alvarez, L W},
abstractNote = {An electronuclear reactor is described in which a very high-energy particle accelerator is employed with appropriate target structure to produce an artificially produced material in commercial quantities by nuclear transformations. The principal novelty resides in the combination of an accelerator with a target for converting the accelerator beam to copious quantities of low-energy neutrons for absorption in a lattice of fertile material and moderator. The fertile material of the lattice is converted by neutron absorption reactions to an artificially produced material, e.g., plutonium, where depleted uranium is utilized as the fertile material.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EST 1960},
month = {Tue Apr 19 00:00:00 EST 1960}
}
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