GB690861A - Improvements relating to the production of energy from radio-active materials - Google Patents

Improvements relating to the production of energy from radio-active materials

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GB690861A
GB690861A GB4425/41A GB442541A GB690861A GB 690861 A GB690861 A GB 690861A GB 4425/41 A GB4425/41 A GB 4425/41A GB 442541 A GB442541 A GB 442541A GB 690861 A GB690861 A GB 690861A
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uranium
deuterium
hydrogen
moderator
oxide
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GB4425/41A
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Hans Heinrich Von Halban
Lew Kowarski
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IMP TRUST FOR ENCOURAGEMEN
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IMP TRUST FOR ENCOURAGEMEN
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Priority to GB4425/41A priority Critical patent/GB690861A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/04—Thermal reactors ; Epithermal reactors
    • G21C1/24—Homogeneous reactors, i.e. in which the fuel and moderator present an effectively homogeneous medium to the neutrons
    • Y—GENERAL 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
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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Abstract

690,861. Nuclear reactors. IMPERIAL TRUST FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. May 1, 1942 [April 2, 1941], No. 4425/41. Class 39(iv). A nuclear reactor comprises fissile material (e.g. uranium) and a moderator containing deuterium. The uranium may be present as finely divided metal or oxide, suspended in a gaseous moderator by fans or in a liquid moderator. Alternatively parallel layers of uranium or uranium oxide, spaced 40 cms. apart in D 2 O may form a heterogeneous reactor. A homogeneous reactor may comprise uranium oxide in D 2 O within an aluminium sphere. A ratio of between 100 and 450 atoms of deuterium to one of uranium is preferred. The deuterium may replace hydrogen in hydrocarbons or in compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, the deutero-compounds being prepared by the action of deuterium on the hydrogen compound in the presence of a catalyst, or alternatively synthesised (e.g. polymerization of deuteroethylene), the whole of the hydrogen content being replaced by deuterium. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 614,156 and 614,386.
GB4425/41A 1941-04-02 1941-04-02 Improvements relating to the production of energy from radio-active materials Expired GB690861A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3050451A (en) * 1962-08-21 Process for the preparation of carbon

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3050451A (en) * 1962-08-21 Process for the preparation of carbon

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