US 11,901,090 B1
Hydrogen infused nuclear reactor core monoliths
Aditya Shivprasad, Los Alamos, NM (US); Stuart Andrew Maloy, Albuquerque, NM (US); Erik Luther, Los Alamos, NM (US); and Tarik Saleh, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Assigned to TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Filed by Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,704, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Int. Cl. G21C 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 5/12 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nuclear reactor core comprising:
a nuclear reactor core monolith,
wherein the nuclear reactor core monolith comprises a hydrogen infused metallic material, and
wherein a majority of the hydrogen present in the hydrogen infused metallic material is not present as a hydride.