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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Claudio Filippone, College Park, MD (US);
Inventor:
Claudio Filippone, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/07 (2006.01); G21D 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/07 (2013.01); G21D 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a decay heat conversion to electricity system and related methods are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a decay heat conversion to electricity system may include a spent fuel rack configured to pressurize spent fuel bundles to obtain superheated vapor to drive a turbine-driven pump and fast alternator all submerged with the spent fuel rack and positioned at the bottom of the spent fuel pool for conversion of electricity distributed outside of the spent fuel pool via cables without impairing spent fuel pool operations.