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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2009
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
John Rogers Gilleland, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
David G. Mcalees, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
John Rogers Gilleland, Kirkland, WA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
David G. McAlees, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same. The fuel assembly comprises an enclosure adapted to enclose a porous nuclear fuel body having the volatile fission product therein. A fluid control subassembly is coupled to the enclosure and adapted to control removal of at least a portion of the volatile fission product from the porous nuclear fuel body. In addition, the fluid control subassembly is capable of circulating a heat removal fluid through the porous nuclear fuel body in order to remove heat generated by the nuclear fuel body.