Patents by Inventor Ralph W. Moir

Ralph W. Moir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Molten salt fuels with high plutonium solubility
    Patent number: 8506855
    Abstract: The present invention includes a composition of LiF—ThF4—UF4—PuF3 for use as a fuel in a nuclear engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph W. Moir, Patrice E. A. Turchi, Henry F. Shaw, Larry Kaufman
  • MOLTEN SALT FUELS WITH HIGH PLUTONIUM SOLUBILITY
    Publication number: 20110108783
    Abstract: The present invention includes a composition of LiF—ThF4—UF4—PuF3 for use as a fuel in a nuclear engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph W. Moir, Patrice E.A. Turchi, Henry F. Shaw, Larry Kaufman
  • Mirror plasma apparatus
    Patent number: 4260455
    Abstract: A mirror plasma apparatus which utilizes shielding by arc discharge to form a blanket plasma and lithium walls to reduce neutron damage to the wall of the apparatus. An embodiment involves a rotating liquid lithium blanket for a tandem mirror plasma apparatus wherein the first wall of the central mirror cell is made of liquid lithium which is spun with angular velocity great enough to keep the liquid lithium against the first material wall, a blanket plasma preventing the lithium vapor from contaminating the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Unites States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Ralph W. Moir