Published January 21, 1992 | Version v1
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Thulium-170 heat source

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Description

This patent describes an isotopic heat source. It comprises; at least one isotopic fuel stack, comprising alternating layers of: thulium oxide; and a low atomic weight diluent for thulium oxide; a heat block defining holes into which the fuel stacks can be placed; at least one heat pipe for heat removal, with the heat pipe being positioned in the heat block in thermal connection with the fuel stack; and a structural container surrounding the heat block

Availability note (English)

Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (United States).

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[10 p.].
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21G 1/06.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21G 1/06.
Patent number
US patent document 5,082,617/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24038335
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; HEAT PIPES; LAYERS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES; THULIUM OXIDES; THULIUM 170
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHALCOGENIDES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HEAT SOURCES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; REMOVAL; TESTING; THULIUM COMPOUNDS; THULIUM ISOTOPES