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US 2023/0260668 A1Published application
Nuclear reactor passive reactivity control system
OwnerIan Richard SCOTTinventor
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Abstract
A passive nuclear reactor control device. The passive nuclear reactor control device comprises a sealed chamber, which comprises a reservoir and a tube in fluid communication with the reservoir. A molten salt is within the sealed chamber, the molten salt being a eutectic mixture of a monovalent metal halide, and a fluoride or chloride of one or more lanthanides and/or a luoride or chloride of hafnium. A gas is within the sealed chamber, and the gas does not react with the molten salt.
Claims7
A passive nuclear reactor control device, comprising:
- a sealed chamber comprising:
- a reservoir;
- a tube in fluid communication with the reservoir
- a molten salt within the sealed chamber, the molten salt being a eutectic mixture of:
- a monovalent metal halide, and
- a fluoride or chloride of:
- one or more lanthanides and/or;
- hafnium;
- a gas within the sealed chamber which does not react with the molten salt.
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