Patent ID: 11923098
Assignee: HOWE INDUSTRIES LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 2:
3. The reactor core of claim 1 wherein the cermet fuel region of each thin fuel plate comprises: a matrix material, wherein the matrix material is at least one of tungsten, tantalum, iridium, hafnium, lithium hydride, carbon, zirconium carbide, and molybdenum; a fuel embedded within the matrix material, wherein the fuel is at least one of natural uranium metal, depleted uranium, enriched uranium, plutonium, thorium, uranium dioxide, uranium nitride, uranium carbine, plutonium dioxide thorium oxide; and a coating that covers the matrix material and the fuel, wherein the coating is at least one of tungsten tantalum, zirconium carbide, niobium carbide, and hafnium.