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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Texas Thorium, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Rodolfo Vaghetto, Miami, FL (US);
Holloway H. Frost, Houston, TX (US);
Yassin A. Hassan, College Station, TX (US);
Lin Shao, College Station, TX (US);
Trevor D. Parker, College Station, TX (US);
Texas Thorium, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A Thorium fuel rod assembly is disclosed that includes first and second support elements and a number of Thorium fuel rods positioned between support elements. Each of the Thorium fuel rod includes an outer fuel element containing a solid Thorium an inner core element containing Beryllium that is positioned within an interior cavity defined by the outer fuel element. In an exemplary disclosure, the inner core element also defines an inner cavity such that a beam of high energy particles may be directed into the inner cavity of the inner core element to impinge upon a Beryllium nucleus within the inner core element to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the emission of a neutron, where the emitted neutron may interact with a Thorium nucleus in the outer fuel element to cause the Thorium nucleus to fission.