Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods
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Application No.: US12925985Application Date: 2010-11-02
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Publication No.: US09236150B2Publication Date: 2016-01-12
- Inventor: Charles E. Ahlfeld , Thomas M. Burke , Tyler S. Ellis , John Rogers Gilleland , Jonatan Hejzlar , Pavel Hejzlar , Roderick A. Hyde , David G. McAlees , Jon D. McWhirter , Ashok Odedra , Robert C. Petroski , Nicholas W. Touran , Joshua C. Walter , Kevan D. Weaver , Thomas Allan Weaver , Charles Whitmer , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , George B. Zimmerman
- Applicant: Charles E. Ahlfeld , Thomas M. Burke , Tyler S. Ellis , John Rogers Gilleland , Jonatan Hejzlar , Pavel Hejzlar , Roderick A. Hyde , David G. McAlees , Jon D. McWhirter , Ashok Odedra , Robert C. Petroski , Nicholas W. Touran , Joshua C. Walter , Kevan D. Weaver , Thomas Allan Weaver , Charles Whitmer , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , George B. Zimmerman
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: G01C3/00
- IPC: G01C3/00 ; G21C1/02 ; G21C3/322 ; G21C15/06 ; G21C19/00 ; G21C7/00 ; G21C19/20
Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments include nuclear fission reactor cores, nuclear fission reactors, methods of operating a nuclear fission reactor, and methods of managing excess reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110110484A1 Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods Public/Granted day:2011-05-12
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