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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Texas Thorium Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Holloway H Frost, Houston, TX (US);
Rodolfo Vaghetto, Miami, FL (US);
Yassin A Hassan, College Station, TX (US);
Lin Shao, College Station, TX (US);
Trevor D Parker, College Station, TX (US);
Texas Thorium LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of generating power using a Thorium-containing molten salt fuel is disclosed. One example includes the steps of providing a vessel containing a molten salt fuel, generating a proton beam externally to the vessel, where the externally generated proton beam being of an energy level sufficient to interact with the salt in the vessel to produce a (p, n) reaction resulting in the generation of a neutron at a first energy level. Neutrons generated within the vessel through the (p, n) reactions caused by the externally generated proton's interaction with an at least one salt are utilized to produce a fission reaction which increases the heat content of the molten salt within the vessel. In the example, a heat exchanger is used to extract heat from the molten salt within the vessel and power is generated from the extracted heat.