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Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

Qnergy Inc.

Douglas C Crawford

Allen Peterson

Blair K Grover

Douglas Lloyd Porter

Yasir Arafat

Robert N Hill

Carlo Parisi

Steven L Hayes

Carl E Baily

An energy production device may include a core configured to heat a heat transmission fluid, an energy harnessing device configured to convert heat into electrical energy and a heat transfer device positioned over the core configured to receive the heat transmission fluid and transfer the heat to the energy harnessing device. The energy production device may further include a vibration isolator positioned between the energy harnessing device and the heat transfer device. The vibration isolator may be configured to secure the energy harnessing device to the heat transfer device and substantially prevent the transmission of motion from the energy harnessing device to the heat transfer device.

Energy production devices and associated components, and related heat transfer devices and methods

A uranium-free fuel for a fast nuclear reactor comprising an alloy of Pu, Zr and Hf, wherein Hf is present in an amount less than about 10% by weight of the alloy. The fuel may be in the form of a Pu alloy surrounded by a Zr--Hf alloy or an alloy of Pu--Zr--Hf or a combination of both.

Fuel element design for the enhanced destruction of plutonium in a

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Douglas C Crawford