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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Roderick A Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Clarence T Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joshua C Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lowell L Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
TERRAPOWER, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/00 (2006.01); G21D 3/00 (2006.01); F01K 3/00 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F01K 13/02 (2006.01); F02C 1/05 (2006.01); G21D 9/00 (2006.01); F28D 19/00 (2006.01); F28D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 3/001 (2013.01); F01K 3/00 (2013.01); F01K 3/181 (2013.01); F01K 13/02 (2013.01); F02C 1/05 (2013.01); G21D 9/00 (2013.01); F28D 17/00 (2013.01); F28D 19/00 (2013.01); F28D 20/00 (2013.01); F28D 20/0056 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for the thermal storage of nuclear reactor generated energy including diverting a selected portion of energy from a portion of a nuclear reactor system to an auxiliary thermal reservoir and, responsive to a shutdown event, supplying a portion of the diverted selected portion of energy to an energy conversion system of the nuclear reactor system.