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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:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ryan Abbott, Woodinville, WA (US);
Anselmo T. Cisneros, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Flowers, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Charles Gregory Freeman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark A. Havstad, Esparto, CA (US);
Kevin Kramer, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffery F. Latkowski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jon D. McWhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);
John R. Suyes, III, Tacoma, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes various configurations and components of a molten fuel fast or thermal nuclear reactor for managing the operating temperature in the reactor core. The disclosure includes various configurations of direct reactor auxiliary cooling system (DRACS) heat exchangers and primary heat exchangers as well as descriptions of improved flow paths for nuclear fuel, primary coolant and DRACS coolant through the reactor components.