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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Patricia Duerksen, Norris, TN (US);
Edward B. Ripley, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jacob L. Miller, Oliver Springs, TN (US);
Michael J. Renner, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Walter Duerksen, Norris, TN (US);
Jonathan S. Morrell, Knoxville, TN (US);
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A thermal protection barrier including a base layer having a high melting temperature granular media having free standing granules disposed within the base layer and a distributor grid layer having a plurality of spaced-apart distributors composed of a high melting temperature material disposed adjacent to the base layer. The spaced-apart distributors are dimensioned and configured to provide load bearing support to the thermal protection barrier prior to a breach of the thermal protection barrier and to divide and disperse a superheated flowing mass to the free standing granules of the base layer upon occurrence of a breach. In certain embodiments, the thermal protection barrier is positioned adjacent to a nuclear system such that, upon occurrence of a loss of containment accident, the distributor grid layer is positioned and configured to divide and disperse a superheated flowing nuclear mass to the free standing granules.