US 12,283,383 B2
Mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor system
Patrick Ray McClure, Los Alamos, NM (US); David Duff Dixon, Elder, SD (US); David Irvin Poston, Los Alamos, NM (US); Richard J. Kapernick, Los Alamos, NM (US); Robert Stowers Reid, Santa Fe, NM (US); and Venkateswara Rao Dasari, 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 Jul. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,642.
Application 17/864,642 is a continuation of application No. 16/866,336, filed on May 4, 2020, granted, now 11,515,053.
Application 16/866,336 is a continuation of application No. 14/773,405, granted, now 10,643,756, issued on May 5, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2014/034102, filed on Apr. 15, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/816,060, filed on Apr. 25, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0406480 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G21C 15/257 (2006.01); G21D 5/08 (2006.01); G21F 5/08 (2006.01); G21F 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 15/257 (2013.01) [G21D 5/08 (2013.01); G21F 5/08 (2013.01); G21F 5/14 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile reactor and transportation system, comprising:
a mobile heat pipe cooled reactor comprising:
a core block; and
a plurality of heat pipes comprising coolant, a portion of each of the plurality of heat pipes extending into the core block and another portion of each of the plurality of heat pipes extending outward from the core block; and
a cylindrical transportation cask housing the mobile heat pipe cooled reactor, the transportation cask comprising:
a gamma shield and a neutron shield separated by an air gap; and
at least two impact absorbers, one of the impact absorbers disposed at one end of the transportation cask and another of the impact absorbers disposed at an opposite end of the transportation cask,
wherein at least one of the impact absorbers comprises a plurality of openings in fluid communication with the air gap and configured to provide cooling air flow to the gamma and neutron shields.