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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ryan Abbott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian C. Kelleher, Seattle, WA (US);
William M. Kerlin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kevin Kramer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffery F. Latkowski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jon D. McWhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Anselmo T. Cisneros, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Ken Czerwinski, Seattle, WA (US);
Bassem S. El-Dasher, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Flowers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Gregory Freeman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark A. Havstad, Esparto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Johns, Tacoma, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that utilize neutron-reflecting coolants or a combination of primary salt coolants and secondary neutron-reflecting coolants. Further configurations are described that circulate liquid neutron-reflecting material around an reactor core to control the neutronics of the reactor. Furthermore, configurations which use the circulating neutron-reflecting material to actively cool the containment vessel are also described.