Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod

Travis L Lange; Yasir Arafat; Benjamin A Baker; Stanley Blaine Grover; Jeffrey Donald Jones; Lucas Avery Andrew; Mathew Ryan Floyd; Kyle Bruce Francis; Tarrin Scott Funderburg

Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod

Travis L Lange (Inventor), Yasir Arafat (Inventor), Benjamin A Baker (Inventor), Stanley Blaine Grover (Inventor), Jeffrey Donald Jones (Inventor), Lucas Avery Andrew (Inventor), Mathew Ryan Floyd (Inventor), Kyle Bruce Francis (Inventor), Tarrin Scott Funderburg (Inventor)

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Abstract

A Control Neutron Absorber (CNA) assembly for a microreactor that produces nuclear energy is disclosed. The CNA assembly includes a housing, a CNA rod, and a burnable absorber. The housing includes an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing is configured to receive a CNA rod. The outer housing extends coaxially with the inner housing and is positioned radially outward and offset from the inner housing defining a cavity therebetween. The CNA rod includes a neutron absorbing rod including a first neutron absorbing material. The neutron absorbing rod is positioned within the inner housing and is configured to move axially relative to the inner housing. The burnable absorber includes a second neutron absorbing material, exhibits a neutron absorbing strength that is less than that of the neutron absorbing rod, is positioned within the inner housing, and is configured to receive the neutron absorbing rod therein.

Original language	English
Patent number	US20230282375A1
State	Published - Sep 7 2023

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Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod

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