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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Rei Kimura, Setagaya, JP;
Taishi Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Wada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiro Nishioka, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Hyodo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunio Hoshino, Sagamihara, JP;
Ryosuke Miura, Yokohama, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A nuclear device including a plurality of heat pipes; a first fuel configured to surround respective of the plurality of heat pipes coaxially with respect to a central axis of each of the respective heat pipes, the first fuel containing a fissile material at a first enrichment level; a second fuel configured to directly abut the first fuel on the outside of the first fuel and farther than the first fuel from the respective heat pipes surrounded by the first fuel, the second fuel containing the fissile material at a second enrichment level less than the first enrichment level; and a core including the heat pipes arranged in parallel with each other.