FUSED REACTOR FUELS

Patent · Tue Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4730167

Mayer, S W

This invention relates to a nuciear reactor fuel composition comprising (1) from about 0.01 to about 50 wt.% based on the total weight of said composition of at least one element selected from the class consisting of uranium, thorium, and plutonium, wherein said eiement is present in the form of at least one component selected from the class consisting of oxides, halides, and salts of oxygenated anions, with components comprising (2) at least one member selected from the class consisting of (a) sulfur, wherein the sulfur is in the form of at least one entity selected irom the class consisting of oxides of sulfur, metal sulfates, metal sulfites, metal halosulfonates, and acids of sulfur, (b) halogen, wherein said halogen is in the form of at least one compound selected from the class of metal halides, metal halosulfonates, and metal halophosphates, (c) phosphorus, wherein said phosphorus is in the form of at least one constituent selected from the class consisting of oxides of phosphorus, metal phosphates, metal phosphites, and metal halophosphates, (d) at least one oxide of a member selected from the class consisting of a metal and a metalloid wherein said oxide is free from an oxide of said element in (1); wherein the amount of at least one member selected from the class consisting of halogen and sulfur is at least about one at.% based on the amount of the sum of said sulfur, halogen, and phosphorus atom in said composition; and wherein the amount of said 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) components in said composition which are free from said elements of uranium, thorium, arid plutonium, is at least about 60 wt.% based on the combined weight of the components of said composition which are free from said elements of uranium, thorium, and plutonium. (AEC)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-17-010007
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 3063923
• OSTI ID: 4730167
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
ENRICHMENT
FUSED SALT FUEL
HALIDES
MINERAL ACIDS
PHOSPHOROUS ACID
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
PLUTONIUM PHOSPHATES
PLUTONIUM SULFATES
SALTS
SULFITES
SULFONIC ACIDS
THORIUM
THORIUM COMPOUNDS
THORIUM OXIDES
THORIUM PHOSPHATES
THORIUM SULFATES
URANIUM
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM OXIDES
URANIUM PHOSPHATES
URANIUM SULFATES