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US 11,069,453 B1Granted
Long-life, portable reactor for terrestrial power systems (LPORTS)
AssigneeUNM Rainforest Innovations
InventorMohamed S. El-Genk
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Abstract
A modular and transportable nuclear reactor system comprising a transportation module including a housing. A cask and a radiation shielding section are located in the housing with the shielding surrounding the cask. A high temperature sodium cooled reactor is located in the cask and the reactor is cooled by the natural circulation of in-vessel sodium. The reactor powers at least one thermal-to-electric conversion unit.
Claims6
A transportable nuclear reactor system comprising:
- a transportable housing having a top, bottom, front and rear:
- a plurality of wheels connected to said bottom of said transportable housing on which said transportable housing rests;
- a plurality of impact absorbing sections, said impact absorbing sections extend from said top to said bottom of said transportable housing;
- said plurality of impact absorbing sections spaced apart with one impact absorbing section located at said front of said transportable housing, one impact absorbing section located at said rear of said transportable housing, and one impact absorbing section located in between said front and rear of said transportable housing;
- said spaced apart impact absorbing sections define a plurality of openings;
- a cask and radiation shielding section surrounding said cask;
- a high temperature sodium cooled reactor located in and surrounded by said cask, said reactor cooled by the natural circulation of in-vessel sodium;
- said reactor, said cask and said radiation shielding section located in one of said openings defined by said spaced apart impact absorbing sections;
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- at least one thermally regenerative electrochemical device connected thermal-hydraulically to said reactor located in another of said openings defined by said spaced apart impact absorbing sections.
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