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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Gary Povirk, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Philip Schloss, Seattle, WA (US);
Ashok Odedra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael E. Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);
TERRAPOWER, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include fuel ducts, fuel assemblies, methods of making fuel ducts, methods of making a fuel assembly, and methods of using a fuel assembly. An inner hollow structure has a first geometry and an outer hollow structure has a second geometry different from the first geometry. The first hollow structure is configured to expand in at least one dimension under stress and cause the first hollow structure to contact the second hollow structure. The second hollow structure distributes at least a portion of the stress of the first hollow structure.