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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1983
James L Kaae, Solana Beach, CA (US);
GA Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
To provide a lithium-containing neutron target particle for breeding tritium within the core of a nuclear reactor, including a central core formed of a stable lithium-containing compound, a surrounding buffer layer, and an outer tritium-impermeable silicon carbide coating, the core is initially sealed with an inner sealing layer of pyrolytic carbon and an outer sealing layer of stoichiometric zirconium carbide. The pyrocarbon seal protects the lithium within the core from attack from the zirconium carbide coating atmosphere, and the zirconium carbide layer prevents loss of lithium from the core when the silicon carbide coating is deposited at elevated temperatures.