US 12,437,888 B2
Nuclear reactor core architecture with moderator elements inside insulator elements
Paolo Francesco Venneri, Seattle, WA (US); Michael John Eades, Seattle, WA (US); Kelsey Souza, Seattle, WA (US); and Wesley Deason, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to LOKI MMR INC., New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/640,033
Filed by LOKI MMR INC., New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/054190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/067903, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,561, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0301732 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G21C 11/02 (2006.01); G21C 5/12 (2006.01); G21C 7/12 (2006.01); G21D 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/22 (2006.01); G21C 3/62 (2006.01); G21C 9/02 (2006.01); G21C 11/06 (2006.01); G21C 13/02 (2006.01); G21C 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 11/022 (2013.01) [G21C 5/12 (2013.01); G21C 7/12 (2013.01); G21D 5/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/22 (2013.01); G21C 3/626 (2013.01); G21C 9/02 (2013.01); G21C 11/06 (2013.01); G21C 13/02 (2013.01); G21C 15/08 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nuclear reactor system comprising:
a nuclear reactor core including:
an insulator element array of insulator elements;
a plurality of tube liners formed of a hydrogen barrier material;
a neutron moderator element array of moderator elements, wherein a respective moderator element is formed of a solid-phase moderator disposed inside a respective insulator element; and
a nuclear fuel tile array of nuclear fuel tiles, wherein a respective nuclear fuel tile includes a plurality of nuclear fuel lateral facets that border the respective insulator element or another respective nuclear fuel tile;
wherein:
the respective moderator element is insulated from the nuclear fuel tile array of nuclear fuel tiles by the respective insulator element,
the respective moderator element is disposed inside a respective tube liner, and
the respective tube liner is formed as a cladding that sheaths the respective moderator element.