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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Sergey Mikhailovich Bashkirtsev, Moscow, RU;
Valentin Fedorovich Kuznetsov, Moscow, RU;
Valery Vladimirovich Kevrolev, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Glebovich Morozov, Moscow, RU;
Sergey Mikhailovich Bashkirtsev, Moscow, RU;
Valentin Fedorovich Kuznetsov, Moscow, RU;
Valery Vladimirovich Kevrolev, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Glebovich Morozov, Moscow, RU;
Michael H. Montgomery, Hamilton, VA (US);
THORIUM POWER, INC., McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A fuel assembly for use in a core of a nuclear power reactor. The fuel assembly can include a frame and a plurality of elongated, extruded fuel elements supported by the frame. The frame can include a lower nozzle that is shaped and configured to mount to an internal core structure of the nuclear power reactor. Each of the fuel elements can include a fuel kernel having fuel material disposed in a matrix of metal non-fuel material, the fuel material including fissile material, and a cladding surrounding the fuel kernel. The fuel assembly can have a moderator: fuel ratio in a region of the fuel elements of 2.4 or less.