PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRITIUM IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR, REACTOR FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD, COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENTS AND HEART FOR SUCH REACTORS

摘要

P A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRITIUM IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR CONSISTING OF PROVIDING NUCLEAR FUEL AND SMALL TARGET PARTICLES 51 MADE OF CORES 53 OF A LITHIUM COMPOUND, FOR EXAMPLE LIA1O, IN NUCLEAR FUELS '' AN INTERIOR COATING 57 OF A POROUS MATERIAL AND AN EXTERIOR COATING 59 GAS-TIGHT OF A RELATIVELY DENSE MATERIAL, IRRADIATING THE TARGET PARTICLES WITH THERMAL NEUTRONS TO CAUSE TRANSMUTATION OF LI NUCLEIDES AND CREATING HELIUM AND TRITIUM WHICH IS RETAINED IN THE EXTERIOR COATING GAS-TIGHT; THE TRITIUM OF IRRADIATED TARGET PARTICLES IS RECOVERED; THE INVENTION APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO THE SIMULTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF TRITIUM AND ELECTRICITY IN A HIGH-TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR REACTOR GAS COOLED AND MODERATE IN GRAPHITE. /P