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6411666 Method and apparatus to produce and maintain a thick, flowing, liquid lithium first wall for toroidal magnetic confinement DT fusion reactors  
A system for forming a thick flowing liquid metal, in this case lithium, layer on the inside wall of a toroid containing the plasma of a deuterium-tritium fusion reactor. The presence of the liquid...
5923716 Plasma extrusion dynamo and methods related thereto  
Featured is a plasma extrusion dynamo and methods related thereto. Also featured are fusion reactors using such dynamos and methods. In the methodology of the present invention, a steady-state...
5759930 Substantially spherical particles of lithium silicates with improved mechanical properties and improved surface quality  
Substantially spherical particles of lithium silicates with improved mechanical properties and improved surface quality are provided, which are particularly suited for use as breeding material for...
5729580 Hydrogen ion array acceleration generator and method  
A novel hydrogen ion array acceleration generator and method are presented wherein there is provided along a transversely extending diffusion/emission grid surface and within an evacuated contained...
5672325 Method for the oxidation treatment of decaborane gas  
The unwanted or unreacted decaborane gas that results from a boronizing operation using decaborane which is solid at ordinary temperatures but which is heated to a gaseous phase for injection into...
5444213 Remote maintenance method and system for a fusion reactor  
Optical paths of laser beams generated from at least two laser beam generators, which are used for performing connection and cutting work at prescribed locations of structural members, are each...
5416333 Medium density hydrogenous materials for shielding against nuclear radiation  
This invention relates to compositions, methods of production and uses of materials for shielding against nuclear radiation. These materials are made of a low density solid hydrogenous material...
5410574 Internal component of fusion reactor  
A fusion reactor has an internal component in which an internal structure assembly is housed in a toric vacuum vessel in an arrangement along a circumferential direction thereof and in which a...
5366712 Ceramic catalytic membrane reactor for the separation of hydrogen and/or isotopes thereof from fluid feeds  
A ceramic catalytic membrane reactor for the separation of hydrogen and/or isotopes thereof from fluid, in particular gaseous flows, formed of a tubular support (1) made of a porous ceramic...
5285484 Remote control apparatus for maintaining in-vessel components in a structure having an inner torus space  
A remote control apparatus for maintaining a tokamak type nuclear fusion reactor comprises a rail having a plurality of arcuated links to be extended in a circumferential direction and a plurality...
5272731 Process and apparatus to increase plasma temperature in a continuous discharge fusion reactor  
The process for containing a deuterium gas plasma discharge includes providing a cylindrical zone having a cylinder axis; supplying D 2 gas to the zone axially lengthwise of the zone and...
5209896 Heat shield  
The heat shield according to the invention makes it possible to protect a structure from a very high thermal flux. It is mainly constituted by tiles (2) fixed to a support structure (4) by means of...
5162094 Fusion power generating system  
An approach (10) is provided as a way of obtaining useful power from a fusion reaction utilizing light weight isotopes of hydrogen and helium. A potential well is created between two accelerating...
5160694 Fusion reactor  
Fusion reactor (36) based on the cusped geometry concept in which the problem of indefinite tight plasma containment with inherent stability and high compression of the contained plasma in the...
5154878 Process and apparatus for tritium recovery  
The invention provides a new high temperature isotopic exchange fuel processing loop for tritium recovery in which tritium is exchanged out of impurities such as tritiated ammonia, methane and...
5152955 Storage ring fusion energy generator  
This invention relates to adaptation of intersecting storage rings, of the same type used in high energy nuclear physics research, for power generation. The device is optimized for lower-energy...
5114661 Solid state laser media driven by remote nuclear powered fluorescence  
An apparatus is provided for driving a solid state laser by a nuclear powered fluorescence source which is located remote from the fluorescence source. A nuclear reaction produced in a reaction...
5102618 Vapour phase catalytic exchange apparatus  
A reactor for use in the separation of tritium from tritiated water by the vapor phase catalytic exchange process comprises an evaporator section, a superheater section, a catalytic reactor section...
H000984 Self-pumping impurity control  
Apparatus for removing the helium ash from a fusion reactor having a D-T plasma comprises a helium trapping site within the reactor plasma confinement device, said trapping site being formed of a...
5041760 Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration  
A method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration is disclosed. The plasma configuration includes a central toroidal plasma with electrical currents surrounded by...
5019321 Modular fusion power apparatus using disposable core  
A fusion power generating device is disclosed having a relatively small and inexpensive core region which may be contained within an energy absorbing blanket region. The fusion power core region...
4961880 Electrostatic voltage excitation process and apparatus  
Accelerated decay of radioactive materials is used for power production. In the method of this invention an alpha-emitting radioactive material is placed in a region. The region is selected so that...
4935196 Differential atmospheric tritium sampler  
An atmospheric tritium sampler is provided which uses a carrier gas comprised of hydrogen gas and a diluting gas, mixed in a nonexplosive concentration. Sample air and carrier gas are drawn into...
4921661 Segmented saddle-shaped passive stabilization conductors for toroidal plasmas  
A large toroidal vacuum chamber for plasma generation and confinement is lined with a toroidal blanket for shielding using modules segmented in the toroidal direction. To provide passive...
4885128 Method for improving performance of irradiated structural materials  
Method for extending service life of nuclear reactor components prepared from ductile, high strength crystalline alloys obtained by devitrification of metallic glasses. Two variations of the method...
4875945 Process for cleaning the exhaust gas of a fusion reactor  
The exhaust gas of a fusion reactor contains, besides non-burnt fuel (tritium and deuterium) and helium, the "ash" from the nuclear fusion reaction a number of impurities with the radioactive...
4874596 Production of crystalline structures  
An apparatus and method for reacting on material by means of intense radiation employed to change the physical and, in certain instances, the chemical characteristics of such material. In one form,...
4867762 Method and a device for purifying a gas containing hydrogen isotopes  
The invention concerns a method and a device for purifying a gas containing hydrogen isotopes, and for recovering the different isotopes, in particular for treating a gas coming from a...
4852645 Thermal transfer layer  
The invention concerns a thermal transfer layer with high transfer coefficient between two materials which can have different expansion coefficients. The thermal transfer layer comprises expanded...
4849155 Process and apparatus for decontaminating exhaust gas from a fusion reactor fuel cycle of exhaust gas components containing chemically bonded tritium and/or deuterium  
Process for decontaminating exhaust gas from a fusion reactor fuel cycle of exhaust gas components containing at least one heavy hydrogen isotope selected from tritium and deuterium in compound...
4836972 Controlled thermonuclear fusion device and method  
A fusion power generating device is disclosed having a relatively small and inexpensive core region which may be contained within an energy absorbing blanket region. The fusion power core region...
4836900 Process for the decontamination of the surface of a metal port contaminated by tritium and apparatus usable for this process  
The invention relates to a process for decontaminating the surface of a metal part contaminated by tritium and an apparatus usable for performing this process. In order to carry out said...
4835787 Fusion pumped light source  
Apparatus is provided for generating energy in the form of light radiation. A fusion reactor is provided for generating a long, or continuous, pulse of high-energy neutrons. The neutron flux is...
4828610 Method and apparatus for modification of the rate of heat or mass transfer in a stream of liquid metal  
The rate of heat or mass transfer in a stream of liquid metal is enhanced by producing a stream of liquid metal in a conduit, creating turbulent flow at least in one plane of the stream and at...
H000598 Tokamak reactor first wall  
A first wall construction for a tokamak reactor is disclosed, comprising a series of hollow lobes, each having a pair of side wall portions with a curved end wall portion extending therebetween....
H000599 Apparatus and method for simulating material damage from a fusion reactor  
An apparatus and method for simulating a fusion environment on a first wall or blanket structure. A material test specimen is contained in a capsule made of a material having a low hydrogen...
4800566 Fusion pumped laser  
Apparatus is provided for generating energy in the form of laser radiation. A tokamak fusion reactor is provided for generating a long, or continuous, pulse of high-energy neutrons. The tokamak...
H000554 Toroidal reactor  
Method for producing fusion power wherein a neutral beam is injected into a toroidal bulk plasma to produce fusion reactions during the time permitted by the slowing down of the particles from the...
4749540 Demountable tokamak fusion core  
A demountable tokamak fusion reactor core in which a demountable central portion contains at least the inner toroidal field producing legs of the tokamak toroidal field coil and the plasma...
4746485 Rotating shielded crane system  
A rotating, radiation shielded crane system for use in a high radiation test cell, comprises a radiation shielding wall, a cylindrical ceiling made of radiation shielding material and a rotatable...
4746484 Fusion reactor pumped laser  
A nuclear pumped laser capable of producing long pulses of very high power laser radiation is provided. A toroidal fusion reactor provides energetic neutrons which are slowed down by a moderator....
4741882 Arrangement for cleaning gaseous atmospheres from a plurality of separate, contained working spaces  
An arrangement for cleaning gaseous atmosphere from a plurality of separate, contained working spaces by removal of noxious, in particular radioactive, gases, such as tritium. Each working space is...
4735762 Laser or charged-particle-beam fusion reactor with direct electric generation by magnetic flux compression  
A high-power-density laser or charged-particle-beam fusion reactor system maximizes the directed kinetic energy imparted to a large mass of liquid lithium by a centrally located fusion target. A...
H000446 Method of controlling fusion reaction rates  
A method of controlling the reaction rates of the fuel atoms in a fusion reactor comprises the step of polarizing the nuclei of the fuel atoms in a particular direction relative to the plasma...
4698198 Unified first wall-blanket structure for plasma device applications  
A plasma device for use in controlling nuclear reactions within the plasma including a first wall and blanket formed in a one-piece structure composed of a solid solution containing copper and...
4663110 Fusion blanket and method for producing directly fabricable fissile fuel  
A fusion blanket includes a chamber wall, a multiplication section, an enrichment section and a reflector in radially outward succession, respectively. The chamber wall isolates the fusion reaction...
4657723 Method and apparatus for distributing coolant in toroidal field coils  
A coolant arrangement is disclosed for magnetic coil turn assemblies in which cooling fluid is flowed through a supply header along the face of a coil turn and into coolant inlet openings...
H000259 Coated ceramic breeder materials  
A breeder material for use in a breeder blanket of a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The breeder material comprises a core material of lithium containing ceramic particles which has been coated with...
4654561 Plasma containment device  
A plasma containment device for generating and sustaining a ball of plasma therein including an enclosure; a primary electromagnet for generating a primary magnetic field in said enclosure; gas...
4650630 Process and apparatus for producing nuclear fusion energy  
Two ion beams are accelerated on coincident paths in high vacuum with particle velocity vectors at 180° relative to one another to increase collison and fusion probabilities. The ion beams may be...
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