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OwnerJonathan ACHERR, Timothy HEAD +4inventors
InventorsJonathan ACHERR, Timothy HEAD, Mark KIMBER, Rusty TOWELL, Steven BIEGALSKI, Jack SHOEMATE
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Disclosed is a reactor thermal management system. A molten salt reactor vessel and a second component (e.g., a drain tank) fluidly coupled with the molten salt reactor vessel are configured to receive a flow of a molten salt therewith. The reactor thermal management system includes an internal shield or vessel encompassing the molten salt reactor vessel and the second component, the internal shield or vessel defining a first thermally insulative region therein. The internal shield or vessel is configured to maintain the first thermally insulated region above a melting temperature of the molten salt during operation of the molten salt reactor vessel.
A system comprising
The system of claim 3, wherein the insulative material comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene.
The system of claim 8, wherein
A reactor thermal management system comprising
A method of maintaining a temperature of molten salt holding components of a nuclear reactor system, the method comprising
The method of claim 20, further comprising maintaining a temperature of the internal shield by operating one or more heaters that is thermally coupled to the internal shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.