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- Patent Title: Nuclear fission reactor, a vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor, and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system
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Application No.: US14284542Application Date: 2014-05-22
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Publication No.: US09721677B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Charles E. Ahlfeld , Pavel Hejzlar , Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , David G. McAlees , Jon D. McWhirter , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Ashok Odedra , Clarence T. Tegreene , Joshua C. Walter , Kevan D. Weaver , Thomas Allan Weaver , Charles Whitmer , Lowell L. Wood, Jr. , George B. Zimmerman
- Applicant: TerraPower, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee: TerraPower, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: G21C3/04
- IPC: G21C3/04 ; G21C3/10 ; G21C3/32 ; G21C1/02 ; G21C17/10 ; G21C19/303 ; G21C3/00
Abstract:
Illustrative embodiments provide a nuclear fission reactor, that includes a reactor vessel, a nuclear fission fuel element capable of generating a gaseous fission product, a valve body defining a plenum for receiving the gaseous fission product, and a valve in operative communication with the plenum for controllably venting the gaseous fission product from the plenum.
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