Patent ID: 11942229
Assignee: BWXT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A fission reactor, comprising:
a plurality of heat generating sources, wherein each of the heat generating sources includes a fissionable nuclear fuel composition;
a plurality of primary coolant volumes through which a primary coolant is flowable during operation of the fission reactor;
a cladding encasing each of the plurality of heat generating sources; and
a molten metal,
wherein, for each of the plurality of heat generating sources:
the cladding has a first side oriented toward the heat generating source,
the cladding has a second side including a first portion oriented toward a first primary coolant volume and a second portion oriented toward a second primary coolant volume, and
the molten metal is in thermal transfer contact with the heat generating source and the first side of the cladding, and
wherein, in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fission reactor, the cladding encasing each of the plurality of heat generating sources has a shape of a cross-section of a hyperboloid of one sheet.