Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements inventions

20090279656 - Apparatuses and methods for damping nuclear reactor components: Example embodiment damping devices may include a housing capturing a piston. The housing may be filled and/or able to be filled with a damping fluid compatible with the nuclear reactor coolant, so that a leak from the housing or coolant passing into the housing does not damage the reactor or... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090279657 - Safety injection tank with gravity driven fluidic device: A safety injection tank, used for quickly injecting emergency core cooling water (ECCW) to a reactor vessel in the case of a cold leg large break accident (CLLBA) in a pressurized water reactor (PWR), is disclosed. The safety injection tank has a gravity-driven fluidic device configured to efficiently change the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090279658 - Molten salt nuclear reactor: A molten salt breeder reactor that has fuel conduit surrounded by a fertile blanket. The fuel salt conduit has an elongated core section that allows for the generation of electrical power on a scale comparable to commercially available nuclear reactors. The geometry of the fuel conduit is such that sub-critical... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090274256 - Hydrogen-lithium fusion device, method and applications: The Hydrogen-Lithium Fusion Device is a revolutionary new device that consists of a proton accelerator, lithium foil target, and a target holder of specified geometry. The invention enables a proton-lithium fusion efficiency that is close to 100% and the fusion byproducts to exit the lithium target without transferring significant fusion... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20090274257 - Apparatus for generating nuclear reactions: Subatomic particles enter an atom at room temperature when the atom is held in a sufficiently strong magnetic field involving exposure to low frequency electromagnetic energy. The result is the release of particles, the generation of new bodies, including isotopes, and/or the release of energy.... Agent: Chris Tahan

20090274258 - Compound isotope target assembly for production of medical and commercial isotopes by means of spectrum shaping alloys: A neutron generator and method of using the same to produce commercial and medical isotopes. Isotopes are transmuted using fission spectrum neutrons produced in neutron multiplier alloys proximate a target isotope. The produced neutron fission spectrum is tailored or shaped by alloys disposed between the multiplier alloys and the target... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20090274259 - Radioisotope production gas target having fin structure: A radioisotope production gas target for producing gas isotopes such as C-11. The radioisotope production gas target includes a target chamber that is in the shape of a hollow cylinder and has a plurality of inner fins protruding from an inner surface thereof along a length thereof, and a body... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20090274260 - Irradiation target retention systems, fuel assemblies having the same, and methods of using the same: Example embodiments and methods are directed to irradiation target retention devices that may be inserted into conventional nuclear fuel rods and assemblies. Example embodiment devices may hold several irradiation targets for irradiation during operation of a nuclear core containing the assemblies and fuel rods having example embodiment irradiation target retention... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274261 - Steam dryer: A steam dryer includes a plurality of steam dryer banks. Each steam dryer bank includes a hood, separator vanes, and a perforated plate connected to the hood to define a volume configured to receive a flow of steam. Each dryer bank forms a closed loop.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090274262 - Fuel element of the macrostructured plate type: With a composite plate structure, the element (1) according to the invention comprises a network of cells (8), more preferably of honeycomb shape, in each of which is placed a nuclear fuel pellet (10). Radial and axial gaps are provided in each cell (8) to compensate for the differential expansion... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20090262881 - Cylindrical neutron generator: A cylindrical neutron generator is formed with a coaxial RF-driven plasma ion source and target. A deuterium (or deuterium and tritium) plasma is produced by RF excitation in a cylindrical plasma ion generator using an RF antenna. A cylindrical neutron generating target is coaxial with the ion generator, separated by... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski Market Square

20090262880 - Man made platinum group metal as palladium: A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Palladium. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Beryllium particles to high speed. These high speed Beryllium particles contain high energy. These high energy Beryllium particles are used to bombard Molybdenum elements. Then elements Beryllium and... Agent: Kuai-teng Hsu

20090262882 - Distinguishing between classes of fissionable material: A first pulsed beam of charged particles from a particle accelerator is accelerated toward a first target that is configured to emit a fast neutron beam in response to being struck by an accelerated particle such that the fast neutron beam is directed toward a physical region. The last neutron... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.