Patent ID: 11894155
Assignee: TERRAPOWER, LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  F  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of constructing a nuclear reactor comprising:
fabricating, in a manufacturing facility, a reactor vessel;
fabricating, in the manufacturing facility, a core barrel;
fabricating, in the manufacturing facility, a reactor core;
fabricating, in the manufacturing facility, a control element drive system;
assembling, in the manufacturing facility, the control element drive system and the reactor core within the core barrel to create a core module;
shipping the core module to a construction site;
fabricating, in a manufacturing facility, a vessel head configured to be mounted to an upper end of the reactor vessel;
assembling the vessel head with a control element support structure,
wherein the control element support structure is mounted to the reactor vessel head,
wherein the control element support structure is configured to carry one or more control elements; and

assembling the core barrel to the control element support structure,
wherein the core barrel hangs from the control element support structure,
wherein the control element support structure is configured to support weight of each of the one or more control elements, the core barrel, and the reactor core.