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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2024
Last Energy Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Bret Kugelmass, Washington, DC (US);
Charles Hodson Cole, Washington, DC (US);
Last Energy Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system includes a nuclear reactor pressure vessel comprising a heat exchange wall. An interior of the vessel contains nuclear fuel which heats a primary fluid. A primary fluid circuit extends vertically within the wall. The primary fluid circulates in a loop that includes the interior and the primary fluid circuit in the wall. A secondary fluid circuit also extends vertically within the wall, and is fluidly isolated from the primary fluid circuit. A secondary fluid circulates in a loop that includes a power generating system and the secondary fluid circuit in the wall. The wall acts as a heat exchanger in which thermal energy is transferred to the wall from primary fluid flowing through the primary fluid circuit, and then is transferred from the wall to secondary fluid flowing through the secondary fluid circuit.