公开(公告)号：US20200027590A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16299783

申请日：2019-03-12

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Charles Gregory Freeman ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski

IPC分类号： G21C7/28 ,  G21C1/02 ,  G21C3/22 ,  G21C3/54

摘要： A reflector assembly for a molten chloride fast reactor (MCFR) includes a support structure with a substantially cylindrical base plate, a substantially cylindrical top plate, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced ribs extending between the base plate and the top plate. The support structure is configured to encapsulate a reactor core for containing nuclear fuel. The MCFR also includes a plurality of tube members disposed within the support structure and extending axially between the top plate and the bottom plate. The plurality of tube members are configured to hold at least one reflector material to reflect fission born neutrons back to a center of the reactor core.

公开(公告)号：US20170316841A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15584642

申请日：2017-05-02

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Robert A. Corbin ,  Daniel Flowers ,  Charles Gregory Freeman ,  Mark A. Havstad ,  Christopher J. Johns ,  Brian C. Kelleher ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Jon D. McWhirter

IPC分类号： G21C15/25 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C1/32 ,  G21C15/02

摘要： Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that include an auxiliary cooling system which shared part of the primary coolant loop but allows for passive cooling of decay heat from the reactor. Furthermore, different pump configurations for circulating molten fuel through the reactor core and one or more in vessel heat exchangers are described.

公开(公告)号：US20170301421A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15584684

申请日：2017-05-02

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Jesse R. Cheatham, III ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Ken Czerwinski ,  Bassem S. El-Dasher ,  Dan Flowers ,  Charles Gregory Freeman ,  Mark A. Havstad ,  Christopher J. Johns ,  Brian C. Kelleher ,  William M. Kerlin ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Jon D. McWhirter ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Joshua C. Walter

IPC分类号： G21C15/28 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C1/32 ,  G21C15/25 ,  G21C15/02

CPC分类号： G21C15/28 ,  G21C1/026 ,  G21C1/326 ,  G21C1/328 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C7/22 ,  G21C7/27 ,  G21C11/06 ,  G21C15/02 ,  G21C15/25 ,  Y02E30/34 ,  Y02E30/38 ,  Y02E30/39

摘要： Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that utilize neutron-reflecting coolants or a combination of primary salt coolants and secondary neutron-reflecting coolants. Further configurations are described that circulate liquid neutron-reflecting material around an reactor core to control the neutronics of the reactor. Furthermore, configurations which use the circulating neutron-reflecting material to actively cool the containment vessel are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20230127207A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US18045398

申请日：2022-10-10

申请人： TerraPower, LLc

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Darryl Appelgate ,  Haley Barsa ,  Michael T. Blatnik ,  Karl Britsch ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Brian C. Kelleher ,  Samuel S. Goodrich ,  Ramesh Rajasekaran ,  Daniel J. Walter ,  Kent E. Wardle ,  Matthew D. Wargon

IPC分类号： G21C11/06 ,  G21C3/54

摘要： A simple nuclear reactor in which most of the reflector material is outside of the reactor vessel is described. The reactor vessel is a cylinder that contains all of the fuel salt and a displacement component, which may be a reflector, in the upper section of the reactor vessel. Other than the displacement component, the reflector elements including a radial reflector and a bottom reflector are located outside the vessel. The salt flows around the outside surface of the displacement component through a downcomer heat exchange duct defined by the exterior of the displacement component and the interior surface of the reactor vessel. This design reduces the overall size of the reactor vessel for a given volume of salt relative to designs with internal radial or bottom reflectors.

公开(公告)号：US20180019025A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15631741

申请日：2017-06-23

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Mark R. Werner

IPC分类号： G21C3/04 ,  G21C5/10 ,  G21C1/04 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C11/08 ,  G21C5/16

CPC分类号： G21C3/04 ,  G21C1/04 ,  G21C1/22 ,  G21C1/322 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C5/10 ,  G21C5/16 ,  G21C11/08 ,  Y02E30/40

摘要： This disclosure describes various configurations and components of a molten fuel fast or thermal nuclear reactor in which one or more primary heat exchangers are located above the reactor core of the nuclear reactor.

公开(公告)号：US20170316840A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15584659

申请日：2017-05-02

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Daniel Flowers ,  Charles Gregory Freeman ,  Mark A. Havstad ,  Christopher J. Johns ,  Brian C. Kelleher ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Jon D. McWhirter

IPC分类号： G21C15/02 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C1/32 ,  G21C15/28 ,  G21C15/25

CPC分类号： G21C15/02 ,  G21C1/14 ,  G21C1/22 ,  G21C1/326 ,  G21C1/328 ,  G21C3/24 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C5/14 ,  G21C11/06 ,  G21C15/12 ,  G21C15/243 ,  G21C15/25 ,  G21C15/26 ,  G21C15/28 ,  Y02E30/38

摘要： Configurations of molten fuel salt reactors are described that allow for active cooling of the containment vessel of the reactor by the primary coolant. Furthermore, naturally circulating reactor configurations are described in which the reactor cores are substantially frustum-shaped so that the thermal center of the reactor core is below the outlet of the primary heat exchangers. Heat exchanger configurations are described in which welded components are distanced from the reactor core to reduce the damage caused by neutron flux from the reactor. Radial loop reactor configurations are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20170301413A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15584926

申请日：2017-05-02

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Ken Czerwinski ,  Bassem S. El-Dasher ,  Brian C. Kelleher ,  William M. Kerlin ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Joshua C. Walter

IPC分类号： G21C1/03 ,  G21C19/303 ,  G21C7/30 ,  G21C1/22 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C3/22 ,  G21C19/50 ,  G21C15/28

CPC分类号： G21C1/03 ,  G21C1/22 ,  G21C3/22 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C7/30 ,  G21C15/28 ,  G21C19/28 ,  G21C19/303 ,  G21C19/307 ,  G21C19/50 ,  Y02E30/34 ,  Y02E30/35 ,  Y02E30/38 ,  Y02E30/39

摘要： This disclosure describes nuclear fuel salts usable in certain molten salt reactor designs and related systems and methods. Binary, ternary and quaternary chloride fuel salts of uranium, as well as other fissionable elements, are described. In addition, fuel salts of UClxFy are disclosed as well as bromide fuel salts. This disclosure also presents methods and systems for manufacturing such fuel salts, for creating salts that reduce corrosion of the reactor components and for creating fuel salts that are not suitable for weapons applications.

公开(公告)号：US20210272708A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17132168

申请日：2020-12-23

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Charles Gregory Freeman ,  Samuel S. Goodrich ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Gregory T. Markham ,  Jon D. McWhirter ,  James A. Roecker ,  Justin W. Thomas ,  Daniel J. Walter ,  Kent E. Wardle

IPC分类号： G21C1/22 ,  G21C19/19 ,  G21C19/28 ,  H01L35/30

摘要： Designs for a low power, fast spectrum molten fuel nuclear reactor that can be used to advance the understanding of molten salt reactors, their design and their operation are described. Furthermore, the designs described may be adapted to extra-terrestrial use as described herein for use as a low-gravity, moon-, Mars-, or space-based power generator. These low power reactors include a reactor core volume defined by a radial neutron reflector enclosed in a reactor vessel, in which heated fuel salt flows from the reactor core through a duct between the radial neutron reflector and the reactor vessel and back into the reactor core. Heat generated from the fission in the reactor core is transferred from the molten fuel through the reactor vessel to a coolant, in the case of an experimental design, or directly to an extra-terrestrial environment, in the case of an extra-terrestrial design.

公开(公告)号：US20200185114A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16690694

申请日：2019-11-21

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Ryan Abbott ,  Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Mark R. Werner

IPC分类号： G21C3/04 ,  G21C11/08 ,  G21C5/16 ,  G21C5/10 ,  G21C3/54 ,  G21C1/04 ,  G21C1/22 ,  G21C1/32

摘要： This disclosure describes various configurations and components of a molten fuel fast or thermal nuclear reactor in which one or more primary heat exchangers are located above the reactor core of the nuclear reactor.

公开(公告)号：US20160189813A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-30

申请号：US14981512

申请日：2015-12-28

申请人： TerraPower, LLC

发明人： Anselmo T. Cisneros, JR. ,  Ken Czerwinski ,  Bassem S. El-Dasher ,  William M. Kerlin ,  Kevin Kramer ,  Jeffery F. Latkowski ,  Robert C. Petroski ,  Joshua C. Walter

IPC分类号： G21C19/303 ,  G21C15/28 ,  G21C19/50 ,  G21C1/22

摘要： This disclosure describes nuclear fuel salts usable in certain molten salt reactor designs and related systems and methods. Binary, ternary and quaternary chloride fuel salts of uranium, as well as other fissionable elements, are described. In addition, fuel salts of UClxFy are disclosed as well as bromide fuel salts. This disclosure also presents methods and systems for manufacturing such fuel salts, for creating salts that reduce corrosion of the reactor components and for creating fuel salts that are not suitable for weapons applications.

摘要翻译： 本公开描述了可用于某些熔盐反应器设计和相关系统和方法的核燃料盐。 描述了铀的二元，三元和四元氯化物燃料盐以及其它可裂变元素。 此外，还公开了UClxFy的燃料盐以及溴化物燃料盐。 本公开还提供了用于制造这种燃料盐的方法和系统，用于产生减少反应器部件的腐蚀并产生不适用于武器应用的燃料盐的盐。