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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Applicant:
David Leblanc, Ottawa, CA;
Inventor:
David Leblanc, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ottawa Valley Research Associates Ltd., Ottawa, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/22 (2006.01); G21C 1/03 (2006.01); G21C 5/12 (2006.01); G21C 5/14 (2006.01); G21C 5/18 (2006.01); G21C 1/02 (2006.01); G21C 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/22 (2013.01); G21C 1/022 (2013.01); G21C 1/03 (2013.01); G21C 5/12 (2013.01); G21C 5/14 (2013.01); G21C 5/18 (2013.01); G21C 3/54 (2013.01); Y02E 30/34 (2013.01); Y02E 30/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Single Fluid Reactor with an inner zone that includes a solid neutron moderator, which can have through holes defined therein. This solid neutron moderator can have a relatively small diameter, which can range, in some embodiments, from less than one meter to about 1.5 meter. The solid neutron moderator effectively creates an inner zone with a neutron profile that is far more thermalized than if the solid neutron moderator were absent. The surrounding layer of salt surrounding this inner zone has a much harder neutron spectrum.