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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ryan Abbott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anselmo T. Cisneros, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Flowers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles Gregory Freeman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark A. Havstad, Esparto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Johns, Tacoma, WA (US);
Brian C. Kelleher, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Kramer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffery F. Latkowski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jon D. McWhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that allow for active cooling of the containment vessel of the reactor by the primary coolant. Furthermore, naturally circulating reactor configurations are described in which the reactor cores are substantially frustum-shaped so that the thermal center of the reactor core is below the outlet of the primary heat exchangers. Heat exchanger configurations are described in which welded components are distanced from the reactor core to reduce the damage caused by neutron flux from the reactor. Radial loop reactor configurations are also described.