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Nis Juhl Phones & Addresses
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10033 Planters Woods Dr, Austin, TX 78730 (512) 372-9583
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115 Plum Cir, Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (979) 299-6473
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Midland, MI
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Us Patents
Contained Fission Explosion Breeder Reactor System
View pageUS Patent:
43702988, Jan 25, 1983
Filed:
Aug 8, 1979
Appl. No.:
6/064824
Inventors:
Edward F. Marwick - Skokie IL
Nis H. Juhl - Midland MI
Nis H. Juhl - Midland MI
International Classification:
G21C 100
US Classification:
376317
Abstract:
A reactor system for producing useful thermal energy and valuable isotopes, such as plutonium-239, uranium-233, and/or tritium, in which a pair of sub-critical masses of fissile and fertile actinide slugs are propelled into an ellipsoidal pressure vessel. The propelled slugs intercept near the center of the chamber where the concurring slugs become a more than prompt configuration thereby producing a fission explosion. Re-useable accelerating mechanisms are provided external of the vessel for propelling the slugs at predetermined time intervals into the vessel. A working fluid of lean molten metal slurry is injected into the chamber prior to each explosion for the attenuation of the explosion's effects, for the protection of the chamber's walls, and for the absorbtion of thermal energy and debris from the explosion. The working fluid is injected into the chamber in a pattern so as not to interfere with the flight paths of the slugs and to maximize the concentration of working fluid near the chamber's center. The heated working fluid is drained from the vessel and is used to perform useful work.