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Title: Mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1650866
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A mobile heat pipe cooled fast nuclear reactor may be configured for transportation to remote locations and may be able to provide 0.5 to 2 megawatts of power. The mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor may contain a plurality of heat pipes that are proximate to a plurality of fuel pins inside the reactor. The plurality of heat pipes may extend out of the reactor. The reactor may be configured to be placed in a standard shipping container, and may further be configured to be contained within a cask and attached to a skid for easier transportation.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
10,643,756
Application Number:
14/773,405
OSTI ID:
1650866
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/15/2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Control apparatus patent January 1977
Steam-to-Gas Heat Exchanger patent-application October 2013
Nuclear reactor plant with a small high temperature reactor operating with spherical fuel elements patent August 1987
Nuclear Reactor Core Construction patent December 1970
Pressurized Water Reactor Depressurization System patent-application August 2014
Gas-cooled nuclear reactor patent November 1985
LMFBR fuel assembly design for HCDA fuel dispersal patent July 1984
SFR Nuclear Reactor of the Integrated Type with Improved Compactness and Convection patent-application September 2011
Fast breeder patent April 1987
Gas/steam power station plant patent May 1992

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