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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2018
Bwxt Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Thomas G. Onderwater, Peterborough, CA;
Benjamin D. Fisher, Lynchburg, VA (US);
BWXT Isotope Technology Group, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A fuel bundle surrogate for the irradiation of a target material, having a plurality of tube sheaths, each tube sheath being parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the fuel bundle surrogate, a plurality of end caps, a pair of end plates, wherein the end plates are disposed at opposing ends of the plurality of tube sheaths, and a first target comprised of a first target material suitable for producing the isotope by way of a neutron capture event, wherein the first target is disposed in a first tube sheath, and wherein the first tube sheath of the plurality of tube sheaths comprises an elongated thickened wall portion and a pair of annular end portions, each annular end portion being disposed on a corresponding end of the thickened wall portion and having a wall thickness that is less than a wall thickness of the thickened wall portion.