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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Robert W. Schleicher, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Hangbok Choi, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan M. Baxter, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert W. Schleicher, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Hangbok Choi, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan M. Baxter, San Diego, CA (US);
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular, nuclear waste conversion reactor that continuously produces usable energy while converting U-238 and/or other fertile waste materials to fissionable nuclides. The reactor has a highly uniform, self-controlled, core () with a decades-long life and does not require reactivity control mechanisms within the boundary of the active core during operation to retain adequate safety. The exemplary embodiment employs high-temperature helium coolant, a dual-segment () initial annular critical core, carbide fuel, a fission product gas collection system, ceramic cladding and structural internals to create a modular reactor design that economically produces energy over multiple generations of reactor cores with only minimum addition of fertile material from one generation to the next.