PLUTONIUM-THORIUM ALLOYS

Title: PLUTONIUM-THORIUM ALLOYS

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New plutonium-base binary alloys useful as liquid reactor fuel are described. The alloys consist of 50 to 98 at.% thorium with the remainder plutonium. The stated advantages of these alloys over unalloyed plutonium for reactor fuel use are easy fabrication, phase stability, and the accompanying advantuge of providing a means for converting Th/sup 232/ into U/sup 233/.

Inventors:: Schonfeld, F.W.

Issue Date:: 1959-09-15

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4200799

Patent Number(s):: 2904429

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-14-006829

NSA Number:: NSA-14-006829

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: PHYSICS; CONVERSION; FABRICATION; FUELS; LIQUIDS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; REACTORS; STABILITY; THORIUM 232; THORIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM 233

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  title        = {PLUTONIUM-THORIUM ALLOYS},

  author       = {Schonfeld, F.W.},

  abstractNote = {New plutonium-base binary alloys useful as liquid reactor fuel are described. The alloys consist of 50 to 98 at.% thorium with the remainder plutonium. The stated advantages of these alloys over unalloyed plutonium for reactor fuel use are easy fabrication, phase stability, and the accompanying advantuge of providing a means for converting Th/sup 232/ into U/sup 233/.},

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