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WO2001039202A3
WO2001039202A3 PCT/US2000/031769 US0031769W WO0139202A3 WO 2001039202 A3 WO2001039202 A3 WO 2001039202A3 US 0031769 W US0031769 W US 0031769W WO 0139202 A3 WO0139202 A3 WO 0139202A3
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Ross Tessien
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B3/00—Low temperature nuclear fusion reactors, e.g. alleged cold fusion reactors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/10—Nuclear fusion reactors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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Abstract

A reactor core includes a host material with a fuel material interspersed therein. Preferably, the host material has a higher acoustic impedance than the fuel material so that acoustic energy applied to the reactor core at or near the resonance frequency of the core is refracted and concentrated in the fuel material thereby causing cavitation within the fuel material, and thereby preferentially forming microcavities in contact with the fuel material. Acoustic energy is applied to the core using various techniques, such as by coupling piezoelectric crystals to the solid core or by driving cavitation in a liquid medium surrounding the core. The temperatures attained within the collapsing microactivities in the core are sufficient to drive numerous reactions, including nuclear reactions, such as deuterium (D) + D reactions. The fuel material preferably includes a fuel component, such as D and/or tritium (T) or a compound including D and/or T. Neutron stripping reactions can also be driven by including a material having a high neutron cross section, e.g., gadolinium, as a component of the fuel and/or the host. Various powder metallurgy techniques are used for loading the host material with the fuel material. The density profile of the fuel material within the host material can be uniform or preferentially greater toward the center of the core.
PCT/US2000/031769 1999-11-24 2000-11-17 Cavitation nuclear reactor Ceased WO2001039202A2 (en)

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AU30729/01A AU3072901A (en) 1999-11-24 2000-11-17 Materials for enhancing nuclear cavitation reactions and processes for making the same

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