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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Terrapower, Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Eichel, Redmond, WA (US);
James M. Vollmer, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
TERRAPOWER, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/17 (2006.01); G21C 3/18 (2006.01); G21C 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/17 (2013.01); G21C 3/18 (2013.01); G21C 3/32 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A getter element includes a getter material reactive with a fission product contained within a stream of liquid and/or gas exiting a fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor. At least one transmission pathway passes through the getter element that is sufficiently sized to maintain a flow of the input stream through the getter element at above a selected flow level. At least one transmission pathway includes a reaction surface area sufficient to uptake a pre-identified quantity of the fission product.