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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Nuscale Power, Llc, Corvallis, OR (US);

Inventors:

Allyson Callaway, Corvallis, OR (US);

Ben Bristol, Philomath, OR (US);

Kenneth Rooks, Corvallis, OR (US);

Larry Linik, Corvallis, OR (US);

Assignee:

NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/12 (2006.01); G21D 3/14 (2006.01); G21D 3/16 (2006.01); G21D 3/18 (2006.01); G21C 7/22 (2006.01); G21C 9/033 (2006.01); G21C 7/24 (2006.01); F22B 35/00 (2006.01); G21D 1/00 (2006.01); G21D 3/02 (2006.01); G21D 5/08 (2006.01); G21C 1/02 (2006.01); G21C 7/08 (2006.01); G21C 9/02 (2006.01); G21C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 7/22 (2013.01); G21C 7/12 (2013.01); G21C 9/033 (2013.01); G21D 3/14 (2013.01); G21D 3/16 (2013.01); G21D 3/18 (2013.01); F22B 35/004 (2013.01); G21C 1/028 (2013.01); G21C 7/08 (2013.01); G21C 7/24 (2013.01); G21C 9/02 (2013.01); G21C 13/022 (2013.01); G21D 1/006 (2013.01); G21D 3/02 (2013.01); G21D 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A nuclear power system includes a reactor vessel that includes a reactor core mounted therein. The reactor core includes nuclear fuel assemblies configured to generate a nuclear fission reaction. The reaction vessel does not include any control rod assemblies therein. The nuclear power system further includes a riser positioned above the reactor core, a primary coolant flow path, a primary coolant that circulates through the primary coolant flow path to receive heat from the nuclear fission reaction and release the received heat to generate electric power in a power generation, and a control system communicably coupled to the power generation system and configured to control a power output of the nuclear fission reaction independent of any control rod assemblies.


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