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FAST BURST AND STEADY-STATE INTENSE NEUTRON SOURCE

  • US 20170018318A1
  • Filed: 03/17/2015
  • Published: 01/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for producing a high flux of neutrons, the system comprising:

  • a dense plasma focus device having an input end and an output end, the dense plasma focus device including a cylindrical cathode;

    a cylindrical anode disposed within and concentric to the cathode;

    an insulator provided between portions of the cathode and the anode, the insulator disposed proximate to the input end of the dense plasma focus device; and

    a chamber bounded by the cathode and the anode, the chamber being pressurized with a fill gas; and

    a fission assembly neutronically coupled to the dense plasma focus device,wherein the fission assembly is a subcritical or a sub-prompt critical fission assembly, andwherein the dense plasma focus device is a source of initiating neutrons for the fission assembly, and the fission assembly is configured to multiply a number of the initiating neutrons via inducing fission.

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