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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Thomas M. Burke, Prosser, WA (US);
Tyler S. Ellis, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Rogers Gilleland, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonatan Hejzlar, Cernosice, CZ;
Pavel Hejzlar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. Mcalees, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jon D. Mcwhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ashok Odedra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas W. Touran, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevan D. Weaver, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Thomas M. Burke, Prosser, WA (US);
Tyler S. Ellis, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Rogers Gilleland, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonatan Hejzlar, Cernosice, CZ;
Pavel Hejzlar, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. McAlees, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jon D. McWhirter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ashok Odedra, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas W. Touran, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevan D. Weaver, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include nuclear fission reactor cores, nuclear fission reactors, methods of operating a nuclear fission reactor, and methods of managing excess reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor.