Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nuclear reactor assemblies, nuclear reactor target assemblies, and nuclear reactor methods
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Application No.: US15476870Application Date: 2017-03-31
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Publication No.: US10685757B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Jeffrey A. Katalenich , Bruce D. Reid , Robert O. Gates , Andrew W. Prichard , Bruce E. Schmitt , Jim Livingston
- Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
- Applicant Address: US WA Richland
- Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
- Current Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Richland
- Agency: Wells St. John P.S.
- Main IPC: G21G1/00
- IPC: G21G1/00 ; G21G1/02 ; G21C3/58 ; H05H6/00 ; G21C3/28
Abstract:
Reactor target assemblies are provided that can include a housing defining a perimeter of at least one volume and Np or Am spheres within the one volume. Reactor assemblies are provided that can include a reactor vessel and a bundle of target assemblies within the reactor vessel, at least one of the target assemblies comprising a housing defining a volume with Np or Am spheres being within the volume. Irradiation methods are also provided that can include irradiating Np or Am spheres within a nuclear reactor, then removing the irradiated spheres from the reactor and treating the irradiated spheres.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180286528A1 Nuclear Reactor Assemblies, Nuclear Reactor Target Assemblies, and Nuclear Reactor Methods Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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