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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Inventors:

James Sterbentz, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

James E. Werner, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Assignee:

Battell Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/16 (2006.01); G21C 3/62 (2006.01); G21C 15/257 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/16 (2013.01); G21C 3/623 (2013.01); G21C 15/257 (2013.01);
Abstract

A modular nuclear reactor comprises a plurality of sections arranged in a pattern and a side reflector material surrounding the plurality of sections. Each section includes a tank comprising a front plate, a back plate, side plates, a top plate, and a bottom plate. A plurality of grid plates are located within the tank. Each grid plate comprises a plurality of apertures and is vertically separated from an adjacent grid plate. The tank further includes a plurality of fuel elements extending through each grid plate. A plurality of heat pipes extend through each grid plate, the top plate, and an upper reflector. Methods of forming the modular nuclear reactor are also disclosed.


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Sterbentz, James. (2020). Modular nuclear reactors including fuel elements and heat pipes extending through grid plates, and methods of forming the modular nuclear reactors (U.S. Patent No. 10559389). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10559389

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