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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.
发明人: Jacob DeWitte , Patrick Everett
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240239520A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US17944861
申请日:2022-09-14
发明人: Yehia F. Khalil
摘要: A system includes a nuclear reactor having a plurality of fuel rods of radioactive decay material distributed within and embedded within a heat exchange matrix. A plurality of coolant tubes is distributed within and embedded within the heat exchange matrix, interspersed with the plurality of fuel rods. The heat exchange matrix is configured to conduct heat from the fuel rods to the coolant tubes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210319921A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-14
申请号:US17163511
申请日:2021-01-31
摘要: Damper systems selectively reduce coolant fluid flow in nuclear reactor passive cooling systems, including related RVACS. Systems include a damper that blocks the flow in a coolant conduit and is moveable to open, closed, and intermediate positions. The damper blocks the coolant flow when closed to prevent heat loss, vibration, and development of large temperature gradients, and the damper passively opens, to allow full coolant flow, at failure and in transient scenarios. The damper may be moveable by an attachment extending into the coolant channel that holds the damper in a closed position. When a transient occurs, the resulting loss of power and/or overheat causes the attachment to stop holding the damper, which may be driven by gravity, pressure, a spring, or other passive structure into the open position for full coolant flow. A power source and temperature-dependent switch may detect and stop holding the damper closed in such scenarios.
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公开(公告)号:US10658086B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-19
申请号:US15069302
申请日:2016-03-14
发明人: Jason B. Ingraham , Gerald Dean Kvaall, Jr. , Paul E. Cantonwine , Michael W. Thomas , William C. Cline
摘要: Fuel assemblies include an outer channel having a physical configuration optimized for a position of the fuel assembly within a core of a nuclear reactor. The position of the fuel assembly with respect to an employed control blade in the nuclear reactor determines if the outer channel may be thickened, reinforced, and/or fabricated of Zircaloy-4 or similar distortion-resistant material, so as to reduce or prevent distortion of the channel against the control blade, or thinned so as to increase water volume and enhance reactivity in the assembly. Reactor cores having configured fuel assemblies include fuel assemblies having different outer channels. Methods include determining operational characteristics of the fuel assembly, including likelihood of being placed directly adjacent to an employed control blade, and physically selecting or modifying the outer channel of the fuel assembly based thereon.
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公开(公告)号:US10403406B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-03
申请号:US15515130
申请日:2015-10-22
发明人: Jin Sun Kim , Jae Ik Kim , Sang Youn Jeon , Kyong Bo Eom , Dong Geun Ha , Seong Soo Kim , Joo Young Ryu , O Cheol Kwon , Su Pil Ryu , Hak In Lee , Joo Hong Chun , Ba Leum Kim
IPC分类号: G21C3/322 , G21C17/10 , G21C17/108 , G21C3/33 , G21C15/02
摘要: The present invention relates to a lower end fitting for reducing flow resistance due to an in-core instrument in a nuclear fuel assembly, that is, a lower end fitting (100) having a plurality of flow holes for a nuclear fuel assembly, in which the flow holes (121) are formed under an assembly groove in which an instrumentation tube (131) for a nuclear fuel assembly is inserted, and at least two or more flow holes (121) are formed at a predetermined distance from the central axis (C) of the instrumentation tube (131).
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公开(公告)号:US20190164654A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US16184606
申请日:2018-11-08
申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
发明人: James C. PALMER
摘要: A nuclear power plant, having a reactor pressure vessel; a steam generator arranged to generate steam utilising thermal energy generated within the reactor pressure vessel; and a fluid circuit for transferring thermal energy from the reactor pressure vessel to the steam generator. The plant also has a coolant reservoir for storing coolant for supply to the steam generator under gravity in emergency conditions. The steam generator has a steam drying zone comprising one or more steam separators configured to dry steam; and the steam generator and coolant reservoir are configured such that when coolant is supplied from the coolant reservoir to the steam generator in emergency conditions the coolant stays below a threshold level defined by the steam drying zone.
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公开(公告)号:US10163530B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-25
申请号:US15748182
申请日:2016-07-28
发明人: Lionel Ranc , Charles Dumanois , Jean-Luc Rouiller
摘要: A nuclear reactor includes a plurality of mechanisms (11) that drive the contact members (9) that control the reactivity, of the core. Each mechanism includes a driving member (21) including a driving part (23) forming one out of a screw or a nut, a member (27) for applying a rotary torque of the rotor (19) to the driving member (21), a driven member (29) translationally connected to one of the control members (9) and including the other out of screw and a nut; and a member (33) that is selectively mobile between a position of blocking the driving member (21) and a position of releasing the driving member (21). In each drive mechanism (11), the motor (15) is fully immersed in the primary coolant inside the vessel (3); the rotor (19) has a central passage (35), the member for applying the rotary torque (27) being situated in or near the central passage (35); the driving member (21) includes a connecting part (37) engaged in the central passage (35) and collaborating with the member for applying the rotary torque (27), the connecting part (37) being free to effect a translational movement inside the central passage (35) with respect to the rotor (19) when the or each blocking member (33) is in the releasing position.
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公开(公告)号:US09881704B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-30
申请号:US14607968
申请日:2015-01-28
申请人: NuScale Power, LLC
发明人: Scott G. Harris
CPC分类号: G21C15/02 , G21C13/022 , Y02E30/40
摘要: A system for draining a containment vessel may include a drain inlet located in a lower portion of the containment vessel. The containment vessel may be at least partially filled with a liquid, and the drain inlet may be located below a surface of the liquid. The system may further comprise an inlet located in an upper portion of the containment vessel. The inlet may be configured to insert pressurized gas into the containment vessel to form a pressurized region above the surface of the liquid, and the pressurized region may operate to apply a surface pressure that forces the liquid into the drain inlet. Additionally, a fluid separation device may be operatively connected to the drain inlet. The fluid separation device may be configured to separate the liquid from the pressurized gas that enters the drain inlet after the surface of the liquid falls below the drain inlet.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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