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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Katalenich, Richland, WA (US);
Bruce D. Reid, Pasco, WA (US);
Robert O. Gates, Kennewick, WA (US);
Andrew W. Prichard, Pasco, WA (US);
Bruce E. Schmitt, Kennewick, WA (US);
Jim Livingston, Vienna, VA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A reactor irradiation method is provided that can include irradiating Np or Am spheres within a target assembly of a nuclear reactor to form reacted spheres comprising Pu. The target assembly can define a solid core within an exterior housing, and a void between the exterior housing and the solid core, wherein the spheres occupy at least a portion of the void. The irradiating can include exposing the spheres to a neutron energy spectrum while the spheres are in the void of the target assembly to form irradiated spheres.