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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shota Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Kamohara, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Harai, Tokyo, JP;
Tadakatsu Yodo, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Otsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Noda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/36 (2006.01); G21C 3/16 (2006.01); G21C 3/326 (2006.01); G21C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 3/16 (2013.01); G21C 3/326 (2013.01); G21C 5/06 (2013.01); G21C 3/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object is to change reactor core thermal output. A nuclear reactor includes an annular fuel layer and a heat conductive layer stacked on the fuel layer and extending around a periphery of the fuel layer.