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Title: Molten salt fuels with high plutonium solubility

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1092985

The present invention includes a composition of LiF--ThF.sub.4--UF.sub.4--PuF.sub.3 for use as a fuel in a nuclear engine.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
8,506,855
Application Number:
12/888,704
OSTI ID:
1092985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Reactor physic and reprocessing scheme for innovative molten salt reactor system journal January 2009
Evaluating physical properties of molten salt reactor fluoride mixtures journal January 2009
Neutronic performance of HYLIFE-II fusion reactor using various thorium molten salts journal November 2006
Molten Salt Fuel Version of Laser Inertial Fusion Fission Energy (LIFE) journal August 2009
Control of a Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-Fission Power Plant patent-application November 2011

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