G21C 3/44
Fluid or fluent reactor fuel
G21C3/44 (Fluid or fluent reactor fuel) appears on 86 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 253
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2017 | 2 | 13 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 14 | 16 |
| 2021 | 13 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4 | 15 |
| 2023 | 12 | 20 |
| 2024 | 13 | 20 |
| 2025 | 3 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reactor systems having an external fuel salt loop26 May 2026US 12,640,277 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Canned rotodynamic flow machine for a molten salt nuclear reactor and an active magnetic bearing for use in a flow machine for a molten salt nuclear reactor12 May 2026US 12,624,698 B2Copenhagen Atomics A/S
- Fluid level control system for a molten fuel salt sampling tank in a nuclear reactor system14 Apr 2026US 12,603,187 B2Abilene Christian University
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Feb 2026US 12,562,287 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Gas equalization and management system for a molten salt nuclear reactor17 Feb 2026US 12,555,693 B2Abilene Christian University
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311901 A1Abilene Christian University
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
- A method of operating a molten salt reactor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290633 A1Saltfoss Energy Aps
- Molten salt reactor and molten salt reactor system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279605 A1Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279606 A1Abilene Christian University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fission reaction control in a molten salt reactor43US 10,438,705 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Molten fuel-salt reactor42US 4,045,286 AElectricite de France (Service National) · 1977
- Nuclear reactor configured to have molten fuel pass through plural heat exchangers before returning to core31US 10,497,479 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Practical molten salt fission reactor28US 10,043,594 B22018
- Electro-synthesis of uranium chloride fuel salts22US 10,566,096 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2020