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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:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Energy, United States Department of, Washington, DC (US);

Inventor:

Junhua Jiang, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Assignee:

Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/03 (2006.01); G21C 1/16 (2006.01); G21C 5/12 (2006.01); G21C 3/54 (2006.01); G21C 1/22 (2006.01); G21C 3/60 (2006.01); G21C 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/16 (2013.01); G21C 1/03 (2013.01); G21C 1/22 (2013.01); G21C 3/54 (2013.01); G21C 5/126 (2013.01); G21C 1/26 (2013.01); G21C 3/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrochemically modulated molten salt reactor (EMMSR) that contains a vessel and a power source. The vessel houses a fuel salt, at least a portion of a neutron moderator, and at least a portion of an insulator. The fuel salt includes enough dissolved fissile isotopes to cause continued self-sustaining fission reactions during the operation of the EMMSR. The neutron moderator is configured to slow down fast neutrons produced by the dissolved fissile isotopes. The insulator is configured to electrically isolate the neutron moderator from the vessel. The power source has a positive potential and a negative potential. The positive potential is received by the neutron moderator and the negative potential is received by the vessel.


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