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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Thorium Power, Inc., McLean, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sergey Mikhailovich Bashkirtsev, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Glebovich Morozov, Moscow, RU;
Aaron Totemeier, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Thorium Power, Inc., McLean, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/34 (2006.01); G21C 3/06 (2006.01); G21C 3/08 (2006.01); G21C 3/322 (2006.01); G21C 3/326 (2006.01); G21C 3/328 (2006.01); G21C 21/10 (2006.01); G21C 3/28 (2006.01); G21C 3/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/06 (2013.01); G21C 3/08 (2013.01); G21C 3/322 (2013.01); G21C 3/326 (2013.01); G21C 3/328 (2013.01); G21C 3/34 (2013.01); G21C 21/10 (2013.01); G21C 3/28 (2013.01); G21C 3/58 (2013.01); Y02E 30/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nuclear fuel assemblies include non-symmetrical fuel elements with reduced lateral dimensions on their outer lateral sides that facilitate fitting the fuel assembly into the predefined envelope size and guide tube position and pattern of a conventional nuclear reactor. Nuclear fuel assemblies alternatively comprise a mixed grid pattern that positions generally similar fuel elements in a compact arrangement that facilitates fitting of the assembly into the conventional nuclear reactor.