GB1492572A - Nuclear fuel pellets and methods of making them - Google Patents

Nuclear fuel pellets and methods of making them

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GB1492572A
GB1492572A GB50599/74A GB5059974A GB1492572A GB 1492572 A GB1492572 A GB 1492572A GB 50599/74 A GB50599/74 A GB 50599/74A GB 5059974 A GB5059974 A GB 5059974A GB 1492572 A GB1492572 A GB 1492572A
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microspheres
glass
thermonuclear
temperature
fusion
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KMS Fusion Inc
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KMS Fusion Inc
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G21NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21BFUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/11Details
    • G21B1/19Targets for producing thermonuclear fusion reactions, e.g. pellets for irradiation by laser or charged particle beams
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05HPLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
    • H05H6/00Targets for producing nuclear reactions
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/10Nuclear fusion reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)

Abstract

1492572 Thermonuclear fusion FMS FUSION Inc 21 Nov 1974 50599/74 Heading G6P A thermonuclear fuel pellet for use in a laser fusion process comprises a hollow glass, ceramic, metal, or plastics microsphere containing thermonuclear fuel in the form of at least one hydrogen isotope. Preferably the pressure in the microsphere at room temperature is from 10 to 100 atmospheres. Hollow high-silica glass microspheres may be formed by passing a gas stream containing pulverized glass through a hot zone. A selected size range of these microspheres is heated under pressure with deuterium or a mixture of deuterium and tritium. After a period during which the gas diffuses into the interior of the microspheres, the temperature is lowered and the pressure reduced. The filled microspheres may be coated with a lead or bismuth glass, a soda-lime glass, copper, or aluminium. The fuel pellets may be stored at low temperature. On cooling in liquid nitrogen, CO 2 and H 2 O impurities form a solid layer on the inner surface of the microspheres, and at a lower temperature, the hydrogen isotopes themselves solidify in the same way.
GB50599/74A 1973-03-09 1974-11-21 Nuclear fuel pellets and methods of making them Expired GB1492572A (en)

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US33955873A 1973-03-09 1973-03-09

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GB1492572A true GB1492572A (en) 1977-11-23

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BE (1) BE822659A (en)
DE (1) DE2455366A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2293036A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1492572A (en)
NL (1) NL7415398A (en)

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FR2293036A1 (en) 1976-06-25
NL7415398A (en) 1976-05-31
DE2455366A1 (en) 1976-05-26
FR2293036B1 (en) 1979-06-08
BE822659A (en) 1975-05-27

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Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee