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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Jose N. Reyes, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
John T. Groome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Qiao Wu, Portland, OR (US);
Brian G. Woods, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd S. Palmer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Jose N. Reyes, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
John T. Groome, Corvallis, OR (US);
Qiao Wu, Portland, OR (US);
Brian G. Woods, Corvallis, OR (US);
Todd S. Palmer, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 15/00 (2006.01); G21C 1/08 (2006.01); G21C 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/08 (2013.01); G21C 15/26 (2013.01); G21Y 2002/207 (2013.01); G21Y 2004/302 (2013.01); G21Y 2004/40 (2013.01); Y02E 30/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nuclear reactor module includes a reactor vessel containing coolant, a reactor core submerged in the coolant, and a heat exchanger configured to remove heat from the coolant. The nuclear reactor module further includes one or more heaters configured to add heat to the coolant during a startup operation and prior to the reactor core going critical.