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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ehud Greenspan, Emeryville, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert R. Richardson, Silverdale, WA (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevan D. Weaver, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Charles E. Ahlfeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ehud Greenspan, Emeryville, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert R. Richardson, Silverdale, WA (US);
Joshua C. Walter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevan D. Weaver, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
George B. Zimmerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Illustrative embodiments provide a reactivity control assembly for a nuclear fission reactor, a reactivity control system for a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a nuclear fission traveling wave reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a method of controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, methods of operating a nuclear fission traveling wave reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a system for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a method of determining an application of a controllably movable rod, a system for determining an application of a controllably movable rod, and a computer program product for determining an application of a controllably movable rod.