RADIATION SHIELDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230118687A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-20

    申请号:US17906062

    申请日:2021-03-09

    申请人: OKLO, INC.

    摘要: Radiation shielding and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A radiation shielding apparatus includes a matrix including matrix material; and a mixture positioned in the matrix, the mixture including: a neutron thermalizing material; and a neutron absorbing material mixed with the neutron thermalizing material. A reactivity control system includes a container rotatable around an axis; a divider positioned inside the container to define two or more compartments within the container; at least one neutron absorber positioned in at least one of the two or more compartments; and at least one neutron reflector positioned in another of the two or more compartments that is fluidly isolated from the at least one of the two or more compartments. A method of manufacturing radiation shielding material includes: fabricating a matrix; generating a mixture by mixing a neutron absorbing material, a neutron thermalizing material, and additive materials; and loading the mixture into the matrix.

    NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR HEAT AND POWER GENERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240355491A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18756832

    申请日:2024-06-27

    申请人: Oklo Inc.

    IPC分类号: G21C15/02 G21C15/06 G21C15/26

    CPC分类号: G21C15/02 G21C15/06 G21C15/26

    摘要: A nuclear reactor power system includes: a reactor core comprising a plurality of nuclear fuel elements, each nuclear fuel element comprising: a first cooling channel passing through the nuclear fuel element; and a second cooling channel passing through the nuclear fuel element and fluidly isolated from the first cooling channel; a first cooling system configured to transport a first fluid coolant through the reactor core, the first cooling system fluidly connected to the first cooling channel of each nuclear fuel element; and a second cooling system configured to transport a second fluid coolant through the reactor core, the second cooling system fluidly connected to the second cooling channel of each nuclear fuel element. A direction of first fluid coolant flow through the first cooling channel is the same as a direction of second fluid coolant flow through the second cooling channel.

    FUEL, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20230154634A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17601886

    申请日:2021-03-08

    申请人: OKLO INC.

    IPC分类号: G21C15/257 G21C1/32

    CPC分类号: G21C15/257 G21C1/322

    摘要: Fuel, heat exchangers, and instrumentation for nuclear reactors are disclosed. A nuclear power system includes a plurality of nuclear fuel elements, each of the nuclear fuel elements including an annulus; and a plurality of heat pipes, each of the plurality of heat pipes configured to pass through the annulus of a respective one of the nuclear fuel elements in conductive thermal contact with the respective nuclear fuel element. A nuclear instrumentation module includes an assembly of optical fibers, each optical fiber comprising one or more sensors and configured for removable installation at one of the plurality of heat pipes. A heat exchanger includes a heat pipe including an evaporating region and a condensing region; and a tube bundle configured to wrap around the condensing region of the heat pipe and including one or more adjacent, parallel tubes, each tube forming a helix that is coaxial to the heat pipe.

    REACTOR BUILDING AND VESSEL SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20230102811A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17905987

    申请日:2021-03-08

    申请人: OKLO, INC.

    摘要: Reactor buildings and vessel systems are disclosed. A nuclear power system includes: a building structure that comprises at least two exterior side walls and two end walls, at least one of the exterior walls angled non-orthogonally relative to a floor of the building structure, the at least two exterior walls and two end walls defining an interior volume of the building structure; one or more nuclear reactor systems mounted at least partially in the interior volume of the building structure; and one or more heat exchanger systems mounted at least partially to at least one of the exterior walls. A nuclear reactor vessel system includes: a nuclear fission reactor; an inner vessel that defines an inner volume sized to at least partially enclose the nuclear fission reactor; and an outer vessel sized to wholly or substantially enclose the inner vessel, the inner vessel being removable from the outer vessel.