Patents Assigned to OTTAWA VALLEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD.
  • Molten salt nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 9881700
    Abstract: A Single Fluid Reactor with an inner zone that includes a solid neutron moderator, which can have through holes defined therein. This solid neutron moderator can have a relatively small diameter, which can range, in some embodiments, from less than one meter to about 1.5 meter. The solid neutron moderator effectively creates an inner zone with a neutron profile that is far more thermalized than if the solid neutron moderator were absent. The surrounding layer of salt surrounding this inner zone has a much harder neutron spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Ottawa Valley Research Associates Ltd.
    Inventor: David Leblanc
  • MOLTEN SALT NUCLEAR REACTOR
    Publication number: 20140023172
    Abstract: A Single Fluid Reactor with an inner zone that includes a solid neutron moderator, which can have through holes defined therein. This solid neutron moderator can have a relatively small diameter, which can range, in some embodiments, from less than one meter to about 1.5 meter. The solid neutron moderator effectively creates an inner zone with a neutron profile that is far more thermalized than if the solid neutron moderator were absent. The surrounding layer of salt surrounding this inner zone has a much harder neutron spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: OTTAWA VALLEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD.
    Inventor: David Leblanc
  • MOLTEN SALT NUCLEAR REACTOR
    Publication number: 20120183112
    Abstract: A molten salt breeder reactor that has fuel conduit surrounded by a fertile blanket. The fuel salt conduit has an elongated core section that allows for the generation of electrical power on a scale comparable to commercially available nuclear reactors. The geometry of the fuel conduit is such that sub-critical conditions exist near the input and output of the fuel salt conduit and the fertile blanket surrounds the input and output of the fuel salt conduit, thereby minimizing neutron losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: OTTAWA VALLEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD.
    Inventor: David LEBLANC
  • MOLTEN SALT NUCLEAR REACTOR
    Publication number: 20090279658
    Abstract: A molten salt breeder reactor that has fuel conduit surrounded by a fertile blanket. The fuel salt conduit has an elongated core section that allows for the generation of electrical power on a scale comparable to commercially available nuclear reactors. The geometry of the fuel conduit is such that sub-critical conditions exist near the input and output of the fuel salt conduit and the fertile blanket surrounds the input and output of the fuel salt conduit, thereby minimizing neutron losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: OTTAWA VALLEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD.
    Inventor: David Leblanc