Modular nuclear reactors including fuel elements and heat pipes extending through grid plates, and methods of forming the modular nuclear reactors

Sterbentz, James; Werner, James E.

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Title: Modular nuclear reactors including fuel elements and heat pipes extending through grid plates, and methods of forming the modular nuclear reactors

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A modular nuclear reactor comprises a plurality of sections arranged in a pattern and a side reflector material surrounding the plurality of sections. Each section includes a tank comprising a front plate, a back plate, side plates, a top plate, and a bottom plate. A plurality of grid plates are located within the tank. Each grid plate comprises a plurality of apertures and is vertically separated from an adjacent grid plate. The tank further includes a plurality of fuel elements extending through each grid plate. A plurality of heat pipes extend through each grid plate, the top plate, and an upper reflector. Methods of forming the modular nuclear reactor are also disclosed.

Inventors:: Sterbentz, James; Werner, James E.

Issue Date:: Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1632549

Patent Number(s):: 10559389

Application Number:: 15/425,414

Assignee:: Battell Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C15/06 - in fuel elements
G21C15/257 - using heat-pipes {
G21C3/16 - Details of the construction within the casing
G21C3/326 - comprising fuel elements of different composition
G21C3/623 - {Oxide fuels}
G21C3/626 - {Coated fuel particles}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

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DOE Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 02/06/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 42 ENGINEERING

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  title        = {Modular nuclear reactors including fuel elements and heat pipes extending through grid plates, and methods of forming the modular nuclear reactors},

  author       = {Sterbentz, James and Werner, James E.},

  abstractNote = {A modular nuclear reactor comprises a plurality of sections arranged in a pattern and a side reflector material surrounding the plurality of sections. Each section includes a tank comprising a front plate, a back plate, side plates, a top plate, and a bottom plate. A plurality of grid plates are located within the tank. Each grid plate comprises a plurality of apertures and is vertically separated from an adjacent grid plate. The tank further includes a plurality of fuel elements extending through each grid plate. A plurality of heat pipes extend through each grid plate, the top plate, and an upper reflector. Methods of forming the modular nuclear reactor are also disclosed.},

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Heat Exchanger patent, January 1931

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Nuclear Reactor Adapted for Use in Space patent, April 1968

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Passive inherent reactivity coefficient control in nuclear reactors patent-application, August 2017

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Method of Conditioning Air patent, April 1932

Heat pipe type heat exchanger patent, December 1989

Nuclear reactor patent, April 2004

Heat exchanger for passive residual heat removal system patent, August 2015

Heat pipe device and heat pipe fabricating process patent, August 1982

Regenerator patent, December 1956

Heat Transfer Apparatus patent, November 1954

Heat Exchanger patent, November 1930

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Passive three-phase heat tube for the protection of apparatus from exceeding maximum or minimum safe working temperatures
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Shell-Side Liquid Metal Boiler
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Shell-and-tube heat exchanger with helical baffles
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Nuclear reactor fuel assembly spacer grid
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Oil Cooler
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Integral heat exchanger and method of construction
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Thermionic nuclear reactor with flux shielded components
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Nuclear Reactor Adapted for Use in Space
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Nuclear reactor for breeding U.sup.233
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Heat Transfer Apparatus
patent, November 1954

Heat Exchanger
patent, November 1930

Passive power production during a nuclear station blackout
patent, January 2017

Ammonia-Condenser
patent, February 1910

Heat exchanger system
patent, April 2004

Nuclear reactors including heat exchangers and related methods
patent-application, September 2018

Mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor system
patent-application, January 2016

Adsorption Refrigeration Machine with Second Stage Generator
patent, November 1974

Helical Baffle Means in a Tubular Heat Exchanger
patent, September 1968

SLIMM-Scalable Liquid Metal Cooled Small Modular Reactor
patent-application, November 2016

Tubular Heat Exchanger
patent, September 1945