Controlling a power output of a nuclear reaction without control rods
Patent
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OSTI ID:1924875
A nuclear power system includes a reactor vessel that includes a reactor core mounted therein. The reactor core includes nuclear fuel assemblies configured to generate a nuclear fission reaction. The reaction vessel does not include any control rod assemblies therein. The nuclear power system further includes a riser positioned above the reactor core, a primary coolant flow path, a primary coolant that circulates through the primary coolant flow path to receive heat from the nuclear fission reaction and release the received heat to generate electric power in a power generation, and a control system communicably coupled to the power generation system and configured to control a power output of the nuclear fission reaction independent of any control rod assemblies.
- Research Organization:
- NuScale Power, LLC, Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- NE0000633
- Assignee:
- NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, OR)
- Patent Number(s):
- 11,380,448
- Application Number:
- 16/237,059
- OSTI ID:
- 1924875
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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