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US 2026/0179794 A1Published application
In-situ evaporative removal of liquid metal coolant from nuclear reactor fuel rods and components
AssigneeAalo Holdings, Inc., dba Aalo Atomics
InventorsYasir Arafat, Jeffrey Donald Jones, Kade Michael Fish, Jared Lee Fraisure, Richard Charles Williams, Matthew John Hansink
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a main vessel containing the component and coolant, a coolant movement/displacement mechanism, a heating mechanism for coolant evaporation, a transport pathway for coolant vapors, a vacuum means or gas circulation means, a cooling and collection mechanism for condensation of coolant vapors and a collection vessel for storage of moved/displaced fluid.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a main vessel containing the component and coolant;
- a coolant movement/displacement mechanism;
- a heating mechanism for coolant evaporation;
- a transport pathway for coolant vapors;
- a vacuum means or gas circulation means;
- a cooling and collection mechanism for condensation of coolant vapors;
- and
- a collection vessel for storage of moved/displaced fluid.
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A method comprising:
- moving a bulk of a coolant fluid to a collection vessel;
- evaporating liquid coolant residues;
- transporting evaporated vapors to a condensation means for reduction to liquid and collection in a collection vessel;
- opening a main vessel;
- and
- handling fuel or other components in the main vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.