Nuclear reactor operation and simulation

US9502145B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9502145-B2
Application numberUS-56540209-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 23, 2009
Priority dateSep 23, 2009
Publication dateNov 22, 2016
Grant dateNov 22, 2016

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Illustrative embodiments provide for the operation and simulation of the operation of fission reactors. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, including modular nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors and reactor modules, modular nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors and modules, methods of operating nuclear reactors and modules including the aforementioned, methods of simulating operating nuclear reactors and modules including the aforementioned, and the like.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for determining respective amounts of materials in a first cell, said first cell including a plurality of principal materials, the method comprising: (a) selecting a neighbor to a principal material in said first cell, wherein said selected neighbor is one of a plurality of agent materials; (b) determining a proxy amount of said selected neighbor for said first cell, wherein said proxy amount represents an amount of said selected neighbor that app…

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What does patent US9502145B2 cover?
Illustrative embodiments provide for the operation and simulation of the operation of fission reactors. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, including modular nuclear fission reactors and reactor modules, nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors and reactor modules, modular nuclear fission deflagration wave reactors an…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mcwhirter Jon D, Whitmer Charles, Wood Jr Lowell L, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G21D3/001. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 22 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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