WO2010129009A3 - A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same - Google Patents

A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same Download PDF

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WO2010129009A3
WO2010129009A3 PCT/US2010/001122 US2010001122W WO2010129009A3 WO 2010129009 A3 WO2010129009 A3 WO 2010129009A3 US 2010001122 W US2010001122 W US 2010001122W WO 2010129009 A3 WO2010129009 A3 WO 2010129009A3
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nuclear fission
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Charles E. Ahlfeld
John Rogers Gilleland
Roderick A. Hyde
Muriel Y. Ishikawa
David G. Mcalees
Nathan P. Myhrvold
Clarence T. Tegreene
Thomas Allan Weaver
Charles Whitmer
Victoria Y.H. Wood
Jr. Lowell L. Wood
George B. Zimmerman
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Searete Llc
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Priority to KR1020117027240A priority patent/KR101700464B1/en
Priority to EP10772356A priority patent/EP2419903A2/en
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
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    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/044—Fuel elements with porous or capillary structure
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/22—Fuel elements with fissile or breeder material in contact with coolant
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C1/00—Reactor types
    • G21C1/02—Fast fission reactors, i.e. reactors not using a moderator ; Metal cooled reactors; Fast breeders
    • G21C1/022—Fast fission reactors, i.e. reactors not using a moderator ; Metal cooled reactors; Fast breeders characterised by the design or properties of the core
    • G21C1/026—Reactors not needing refueling, i.e. reactors of the type breed-and-burn, e.g. travelling or deflagration wave reactors or seed-blanket reactors
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof
    • G21C21/02—Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/02—Fuel elements
    • G21C3/04—Constructional details
    • G21C3/041—Means for removal of gases from fuel elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/3213—Means for the storage or removal of fission gases
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C7/00—Control of nuclear reaction
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    • 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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    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same. The fuel assembly comprises an enclosure adapted to enclose a porous nuclear fuel body having the volatile fission product therein. A fluid control subassembly is coupled to the enclosure and adapted to control removal of at least a portion of the volatile fission product from the porous nuclear fuel body. In addition, the fluid control subassembly is capable of circulating a heat removal fluid through the porous nuclear fuel body in order to remove heat generated by the nuclear fuel body.
PCT/US2010/001122 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same WO2010129009A2 (en)

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CN201080027020.8A CN102460592B (en) 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product
JP2012505885A JP2012524263A (en) 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 Fuel assembly and system for a fission reactor configured to control the process of removing volatile fission products and heat released by deflagration waves in a traveling wave fission reactor, and method thereof
KR1020117027240A KR101700464B1 (en) 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system for controlled removal of a volatile fission product
EP10772356A EP2419903A2 (en) 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 A nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same
RU2011143970/07A RU2536181C2 (en) 2009-04-16 2010-04-16 Fuel assembly of fission nuclear reactor, which has possibility of controlled removal of volatile products of nuclear fission and heat released by combustion wave in fission nuclear reactor on running wave

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US12/386,524 US9443623B2 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-04-16 Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same
US12/459,855 US9704604B2 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-07-07 Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same
US12/459,857 US9159461B2 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-07-07 Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product
US12/459,856 US9659673B2 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-07-07 Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product and heat released by a burn wave in a traveling wave nuclear fission reactor and method for same
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