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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2008
Charles E. Ahlfeld, LaJolla, 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);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles E. Ahlfeld, LaJolla, 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);
Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
TerraPower, LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Illustrative embodiments provide nuclear fission fuel elements, and systems, applications, apparatuses, and methods related thereto. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, nuclear fission fuel elements, heat pipe assemblies, heat pipes, methods of fabricating a nuclear fission fuel element, methods of fabricating a heat pipe assembly, and the like.