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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
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);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
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.