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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

May. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Abbott, Mountain View, CA (US);

Anselmo T. Cisneros, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);

Robert A. Corbin, North Bend, 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);

Brian C. Kelleher, Seattle, WA (US);

Kevin Kramer, Redmond, WA (US);

Jeffery F. Latkowski, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Jon D. McWhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/32 (2006.01); G21C 15/243 (2006.01); G21C 1/22 (2006.01); G21C 1/03 (2006.01); G21C 15/02 (2006.01); G21C 15/26 (2006.01); G21C 11/06 (2006.01); G21C 1/14 (2006.01); G21C 3/54 (2006.01); G21C 15/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/326 (2013.01); G21C 1/03 (2013.01); G21C 1/22 (2013.01); G21C 15/02 (2013.01); G21C 15/243 (2013.01); G21C 1/14 (2013.01); G21C 3/54 (2013.01); G21C 11/06 (2013.01); G21C 15/26 (2013.01); G21C 15/28 (2013.01); Y02E 30/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that include an auxiliary cooling system which shared part of the primary coolant loop but allows for passive cooling of decay heat from the reactor. Furthermore, different pump configurations for circulating molten fuel through the reactor core and one or more in vessel heat exchangers are described.


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