Nuclear - elect. energy direct conversion electron tube - having neodymium anode, carbon cathode and lithium insert, without nuclear transformation

摘要

Electron tube of lower pressure polymsn. polyethylene is 100cm. long, 1 cm wall thickness and 3 cm i.d. Before the electrodes are fixed in place, a 6Li rod is inserted under vacuum to within 10 cm. of the Nd anode. The sealed tube is inserted along a horizontal channel into an experimental reactor of max. neutron flux 1.8 x 10 14n/cm2 sec., for an irradiation time 4 sec. The irradiation of 6Li produces tritium which by radioactive decay and reformation of the orthopara hydrogen cycle maintains the electron activity. The primary effect resulting is the rhythmic triton nuclear oscillation between 144Nd60 and 147Pm61 without nuclear conversion, giving direct nuclear-electrical energy conversion. A secondary effect abserved in the imission of beta-rays by radioactive compensation of the triton nuclear oscillation.