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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventors:
Robert Stowers Reid, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Patrick Ray McClure, Los Alamos, NM (US);
David Irvin Poston, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Venkateswara Rao Dasari, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/257 (2006.01); G21C 15/04 (2006.01); G21C 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/257 (2013.01); G21C 15/04 (2013.01); G21C 15/06 (2013.01); G21Y 2004/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat pipe reactor may include a reactor core and one or more heat exchangers positioned on one or both sides of the reactor core. The heat pipe reactor may also include a plurality of heat pipes extending from the reactor core and out through the one or more heat exchangers. The reactor core may be composed of a plurality of monolithic blocks.