Nuclear fission reactor fuel assembly and system configured for controlled removal of a volatile fission product

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9159461
APP PUB NO 20100266091A1
SERIAL NO

12459857

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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.

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TERRAPOWER LLC15800 NORTHUP WAY BELLEVUE WA 98008

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ahlfeld, Charles E La Jolla, US 44 270
Gilleland, John Rogers Kirkland, US 30 203
Hyde, Roderick A Redmond, US 2911 61857
Ishikawa, Muriel Y Livermore, US 1367 34670
McAlees, David G Bellevue, US 40 240
Myhrvold, Nathan P Medina, US 1337 34637
Tegreene, Clarence T Bellevue, US 1905 49070
Weaver, Thomas Allan San Mateo, US 116 2130
Whitmer, Charles North Bend, US 585 15778
Wood, Victoria Y H Livermore, US 597 12796
Wood,, Jr Lowell L Bellevue, US 2836 53047
Zimmerman, George B Lafayette, US 37 154

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