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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6327323 | Multiple reactor containment building A nuclear power plant includes at least two reactor vessels enclosed within a single containment building. In a first embodiment, the reactor vessels and steam generators operate separately from one another. In a second embodiment the reactor vessels join... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5706320 | Containment pressure suppression system for liquid metal cooled reactors A pressure suppressing and aerosol scrubbing system configured to be located between low pressure upper containments associated with modular reactor vessels is described. In one embodiment, the pressure suppression and scrubbing system includes a water ta... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5361377 | Apparatus and method for producing electrical power A method for producing electrical power from steam generated by a nuclear reactor comprising the steps of: providing a nuclear reactor engaged to a steam generator for generating steam when heated aqueous product is passed therethrough; and passing heated... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5112569 | Intrinsic-safety nuclear reactor of the pressurized water type An intrinsic-safety nuclear reactor of the pressurized water type, having: a reactor vessel (2) equipped with a core (4), a lower header (5) and an upper header (6), at least one heat exchanger (3) with a secondary fluid, means of hydraulic connection (9, 10) ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5106574 | Nuclear reactor refuelable in space A lightweight three sector reactor for use in space. The three sectors provide redundancy for safety and operation assurance. The reactor can be launched empty or fueled and can be fueled, emptied, and refueled while in space. The reactor can be used to p... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5013519 | Autonomous, decentralized fast breeder reactor system An autonomous, decentralized fast breeder reactor includes a single reactor main vessel which houses a plurality of small-size reactor subsystems each having a small-scale fast breeder reactor core, and a plurality steam generator subsystems. These subsys... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4968476 | Light water breeder reactor using a uranium-plutonium cycle A light water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor for breeding fissile material on a uranium-plutonium cycle and also a method of operating a light water cooled and moderated reactor having a prebreeder section fueled from plutonium extracted from fuel d... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4851183 | Underground nuclear power station using self-regulating heat-pipe controlled reactors A nuclear reactor for generating electricity is disposed underground at the bottom of a vertical hole that can be drilled using conventional drilling technology. The primary coolant of the reactor core is the working fluid in a plurality of thermodynamica... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4795607 | High-temperature reactor Gas-cooled high-temperature nuclear reactor having a reactor core comprising individual fuel elements provided with means for forming a barrier against the release of fission products producible therein during reactor operation, the fuel elements being re... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4698203 | Gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a bed of spherical fuel elements Gas-cooled nuclear reactors include circulation systems for cooling gas to remove the heat generated in the reactor core. An improved arrangement includes a plurality of steam generators in a horizontal plane located above the horizontal plane of the reac... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4340970 | Power wheel Power wheel comprises a heat engine consisting of several expansion valves rigidly situated around the circumference of a stationary side gear and centralized to a axis which rotates through the work out put by expanding a fluid centralized inside a valve... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4124064 | Consolidated nuclear steam generator This invention relates to an improved system of providing power having a unique generating means of the nuclear reactor variety adapted with a plurality of steam generators in the form of replaceable modular units of the expendable type for the attainment... | 11/07/1978 |
| 3941187 | Consolidated nuclear steam generator This invention relates to an improved system of providing power having a unique generating means of the nuclear reactor variety adapted with a plurality of steam generators in the form of replaceable modular units of the expendable type for the attainment... | 03/02/1976 |
