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  • Optimally moderated nuclear fission reactor and fuel source therefor
    Patent number: 7403585
    Abstract: An improved nuclear fission reactor of the continuous fueling type involves determining an asymptotic equilibrium state for the nuclear fission reactor and providing the reactor with a moderator-to-fuel ratio that is optimally moderated for the asymptotic equilibrium state of the nuclear fission reactor; the fuel-to-moderator ratio allowing the nuclear fission reactor to be substantially continuously operated in an optimally moderated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Abderrafi M. Ougouag, William K. Terry, Hans D. Gougar