Production of 14 MeV neutrons by heavy ions

US4008411A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · US

Inventors

• Robert Brugger · Bern, CH
• Lowell G. Miller · Idaho Falls, US
• Robert Christopher Young · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 1975
• Grant date: Feb 15, 1977
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H6/00
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a neutron generator and a method for the production of 14 MeV neutrons. Heavy ions are accelerated to impinge upon a target mixture of deuterium and tritium to produce recoil atoms of deuterium and tritium. These recoil atoms have a sufficient energy such that they interact with other atoms of tritium or deuterium in the target mixture to produce approximately 14 MeV neutrons.