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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2024
Last Energy Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Bret Kugelmass, Washington, DC (US);
Mark Blomstrom, Northbridge, MA (US);
Phoebe E Lind, Washington, DC (US);
Charles Cole, Washington, DC (US);
Daniel Wesley Theobald, Manchester, GB;
Christopher Buss, Washington, DC (US);
Energy Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for containing a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The system includes a nuclear containment structure comprising a plurality of metallic rings stacked axially to form the nuclear containment structure. The nuclear containment structure includes a central chamber that comprises a volume enclosed by the inner wall of each of the plurality of metallic rings, and also includes a plurality of auxiliary chambers. The central chamber encloses a nuclear reactor vessel, wherein the inner wall of the plurality of metallic rings is flush with the nuclear reactor vessel. Cooling channels also exist within the nuclear containment structure. The nuclear containment structure is configured to shield the nuclear reactor vessel from kinetic events originating external from the nuclear containment structure and to shield an external environment from kinetic events within the nuclear reactor vessel.