Target assembly comprising a fission product capturing layer on a fissile target substrate
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsSamuel S. Morrison, Lance R. Hubbard, Nicolas Uhnak, Bruce K. McNamara, Gabriel B. Hall
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Abstract
Fissile target materials are provided. The fissile target materials can include a target substrate and a capturing layer operably interfacing with at least one surface of the target substrate. Fission fissile target materials are also provided that can include a target substrate comprising at least one fissile atom and a capturing layer operably interfacing with at least one surface of the target substrate. The capturing layer can include at least one fission product.
Claims8
A fissile target material of a nuclear reaction, the fissile target material comprising:
- a target substrate, wherein the target substrate comprises a fissile target material including uranium;
- a first capturing layer operably interfacing with a surface of the target substrate, the first capturing layer being of a first composition and configured to capture at least one of a first set of predetermined nuclear reaction fission products generated by irradiation of the fissile target material;
- a second capturing layer operably interfacing with a surface of the first capturing layer, the second capturing layer being of a second composition and configured to capture at least one of a second set of predetermined nuclear reaction fission products generated by irradiation of the fissile target material, wherein the first composition comprises a different material than the second composition and the first set of nuclear reaction fission products are different from the second set of nuclear reaction fission products;
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- wherein the interface between the target substrate and the first capturing layer is configured to allow for the first capturing layer to be removed from the target substrate after irradiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.