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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventor:
Robert Stowers Reid, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/08 (2006.01); G21C 5/02 (2006.01); G21C 15/02 (2006.01); G21C 15/04 (2006.01); G21C 15/257 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/08 (2013.01); G21C 5/02 (2013.01); G21C 15/02 (2013.01); G21C 15/04 (2013.01); G21C 15/257 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat pipe cooled nuclear reactor core ('reactor core') includes an array of fuel, an array of primary heat rejection heat pipes, and an array of moderator cooling heat pipes or thermosiphons. Each moderator cooling heat pipe in the array of moderator cooling heat pipes is surrounded by metal hydride moderator materials, slowing neutrons from a fission energy range to a lower energy range in the reactor core.