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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ryan Abbott, Woodinville, WA (US);
Anselmo T. Cisneros, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Kramer, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Roecker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Daniel J. Walter, North Bend, WA (US);
Kent E. Wardle, Kirkland, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) includes a plurality of reflectors defining a central core having a core geometric center. A flow channel fluidically connected to the central core. The flow channel includes an outlet flow channel downstream of the central core and an inlet flow channel upstream from the central core. A primary heat exchanger (PHX) disposed outside the central core and between the outlet flow channel and the inlet flow channel. The MCFR also includes a decay heat heat exchanger (DHHX). At least a portion of the DHHX is disposed above the core geometric center, and a fuel salt is configured to circulate at least partially through the outlet flow channel, the DHHX, the PHX, the inlet flow channel, and the central core.