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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6940717 | CPU cooling using a heat pipe assembly A CPU cooling apparatus comprises a fin, a heat sink, and a heat pipe thermally coupling the fin and the heat sink. When installed in a personal computer, the fin thermally couples with a CPU to receive heat generated by the CPU. The heat pipe conducts the heat to a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 metal layer or first wall serves to prevent neutron damag... | 06/25/2002 |
| 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 stream of conductive plasma is forced by pressure or momentum ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 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 tritium. The particles are characterised in that they cont... | 06/02/1998 |
| 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 environment, an array of hydrogen ions at the interstitia... | 03/17/1998 |
| 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 a vacuum vessel is passed through a metal tube packed with... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5589427 | Substantially spherical particles of lithium silicates with improved mechanical properties and impaired 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 tritium. The particles are characterized in that they cont... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 switched by corresponding optical path switchers, and the las... | 08/22/1995 |
| 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 which binds a powder of medium density materials. They are pa... | 05/16/1995 |
| 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 high-temperature plasma in which hydrogen and hydrogen isotope... | 04/25/1995 |
| 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 material, which is coated with layers (4) of a gas-tight material... | 11/22/1994 |
| 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 of joints for pivotally connecting the adjacent arcuated l... | 02/08/1994 |
| 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 D2 gas to the zone axially lengthwise of the zone and substantially tangentially relative to the zone and via mu... | 12/21/1993 |
| 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 a spring (8) fixed in translation with respect to a tile ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5173248 | 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 of joints for pivotally connecting the adjacent arcuated l... | 12/22/1992 |
| 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 electrodes (26) that, in a vacuum, allows ions from sources... | 11/10/1992 |
| 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 reaction zone (19) is solved by an electric potential pot (22)... | 11/03/1992 |
| 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 water by swamping with H2 and isotopically equilibr... | 10/13/1992 |
| 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 beam paricles and higher beam current, adapted with a reactio... | 10/06/1992 |
| 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 chamber generates fluorescence or photons. The photons are co... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 and a condenser section serially arranged within a common... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5049350 | Controlled thermonuclear fusion power apparatus 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 contains apparatus of the toroidal type for confining a high... | 09/17/1991 |
| 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 a generally ellipsoidal mantle of ionized particles or ele... | 08/20/1991 |
| 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 contains apparatus of the toroidal type for confining a high... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4976938 | Hydrogen isotope separation utilizing bulk getters Tritium and deuterium are separated from a gaseous mixture thereof, derived from a nuclear fusion reactor or some other source, by providing a casing with a bulk getter therein for absorbing the gaseous mixture to produce an initial loading of the getter,... | 12/11/1990 |
| 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 when a negative potential is applied to the region, enhan... | 10/09/1990 |
| 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 and mixed in a manifold. A regulator meters the carrier gas ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 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 stabilization in the same manner as a conductive vacuum chamber wall... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4891180 | 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 current surrounded by a generally ellipsoidal mantel of ionized particles. The preferred methods of form... | 01/02/1990 |
| 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 are described: (1) cycling the temperature of the nuclear... | 12/05/1989 |
| 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 tritium and/or deuterium chemically bound to them. In order to ... | 10/24/1989 |
| 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, an intense radiation beam is directed into a cavity of a ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 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 thermonuclear fusion reactor. According to the invention, the gas is f... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4859399 | 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 contains apparatus of the toroidal type for confining a high... | 08/22/1989 |
| 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 graphite inserted between the materials which are selected ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 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 form, in which the at least one heavy hydrogen isotope is lib... | 07/18/1989 |
| 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 decontamination, the part (9) to be decontaminated is connected to t... | 06/06/1989 |
| 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 contains apparatus of the toroidal type for confining a high... | 06/06/1989 |
| 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 coupled directly with the lasing medium. The lasing medium in... | 05/30/1989 |
| 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 least in a section of the conduit, and applying a magnetic fie... | 05/09/1989 |
