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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Bwxt Nuclear Energy, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
James Brian Inman, Forest, VA (US);
Andrew C. Whitten, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 5/02 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 5/02 (2013.01); B64G 1/408 (2013.01); B64G 1/422 (2013.01);
Abstract
An internal interface structure of a nuclear thermal propulsion nuclear reactor including a reactor vessel and a reactor head, including a substantially cylindrical body having a top end, a bottom end, an inner surface, and an outer surface, and an annular flange extending radially-outwardly from the outer surface of the body, wherein the annular flange of the interface structure is mounted between an upper flange of the reactor vessel and a bottom flange of the reactor head.