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US3063923A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fused reactor fuels

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-06-01
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Granted: 1962-11-13
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Expires: 1979-06-01
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Stanley W Mayer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 17:48
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21C; G21C3/00; G21C3/42; G21C3/44; G21C3/54; G21C1/00; G21C1/04; G21C1/24; G21C5/00; G21C5/18; G21C5/20; G21C5/22; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
A FUSED NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL COMPOSITION FOR UTILIZATION IN MOLTEN FORM, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (1) FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 50 WT. PERCENT BASED ON THE TOTAL WIGHT OF SAID COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST ONENE ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF URANIUM, THORIUM, AND PLUTONIUM, WHEREIN SAID ELEMENT IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES AND SALTS OF OXYGENATED ANIONS, AND (2) THE REMAINDER AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) SULFUR, WHEREIN SAID SULFUR IS IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE ENTITY SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF SULFUR, NON-FISSIONABLE METAL SULFITES AND HALOSULFONATES, AND ACIDS OF SULFUR WHEREIN AT LEAST 10 ATOM PERCENT OF SAID SULFUR, IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF ALKALI METAL-CONTAINING SULFUR ENTITIES, AND (B) PHOSPHORUS, WHEREIN SAID PHOSPHORUS IS IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF PHOSPHORUS, AND NON-FISSIONABLE METAL PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHITES AND HALOPHOSPHATES, WHEREIN AT LEAST ABOUT 60 ATOM PERCENT OF SAID PHOSPHORUS IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF PHOSPHORUS AND ALKALI METAL METAPHOSPHATES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
A FUSED NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL COMPOSITION FOR UTILIZATION IN MOLTEN FORM, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (1) FROM ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 50 WT. PERCENT BASED ON THE TOTAL WIGHT OF SAID COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST ONENE ELEMENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF URANIUM, THORIUM, AND PLUTONIUM, WHEREIN SAID ELEMENT IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES AND SALTS OF OXYGENATED ANIONS, AND (2) THE REMAINDER AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) SULFUR, WHEREIN SAID SULFUR IS IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE ENTITY SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF SULFUR, NON-FISSIONABLE METAL SULFITES AND HALOSULFONATES, AND ACIDS OF SULFUR WHEREIN AT LEAST 10 ATOM PERCENT OF SAID SULFUR, IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF ALKALI METAL-CONTAINING SULFUR ENTITIES, AND (B) PHOSPHORUS, WHEREIN SAID PHOSPHORUS IS IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF PHOSPHORUS, AND NON-FISSIONABLE METAL PHOSPHATES, PHOSPHITES AND HALOPHOSPHATES, WHEREIN AT LEAST ABOUT 60 ATOM PERCENT OF SAID PHOSPHORUS IS PRESENT IN THE FORM OF AT LEAST ONE CONSTITUENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF OXIDES OF PHOSPHORUS AND ALKALI METAL METAPHOSPHATES.

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