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US 8,594,268 B2Granted
Two-fluid molten-salt reactor
AssigneesFrank H. Shu, Academia Sinica
InventorFrank H. Shu
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Abstract
A reactor vessel includes a plenum and a reactor core with first and second sets of channels. A blanket salt flows through the first set of channels, and a fuel salt flows through the second set of channels. The plenum receives the blanket salt from the first set of channels. The blanket salt provides a breed-stock for a fission reaction in the fuel salt and transfers heat generated by the fission reaction without mixing with the fuel salt.
Claims15
An reactor vessel comprising:
- a reactor core having a first set of channels and a second set of channels, a blanket salt flowing through the first set of channels and a fuel salt flowing through the second set of channels without mixing with the blanket salt;
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- a plenum that receives the blanket salt from the first set of channels, the blanket salt providing a breed-stock for a fission reaction in the fuel salt, and the blanket salt conducting heat exchange with the fuel salt in the reactor core by transferring heat generated by the fission reaction in the fuel salt to the blanket salt,
- wherein the reactor core is configured to be immersed in a pool of blanket salt so that the first set of channels are open to and in fluid communication with the pool of blanket salt.
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A two-fluid molten-salt reactor comprising:
- an enclosure that includes a pool of blanket salt;
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- a reactor vessel that is immersed in the pool of blanket salt,
- the reactor vessel including:
- a reactor core having a first set of channels and a second set of channels, the first set of channels being open to and in fluid communication with the pool of blanket salt, the blanket salt flowing through the first set of channels and a fuel salt flowing through the second set of channels without mixing with the blanket salt;
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- a plenum that receives the blanket salt from the first set of channels, the blanket salt providing a breed-stock for a fission reaction in the fuel salt, and the blanket salt conducting heat exchange with the fuel salt in the reactor core by transferring heat generated by the fission reaction in the fuel salt to the blanket salt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.