US Patent Issued to HITACHI GE VERNOVA NUCLEAR ENERGY on April 21 for "Fast nuclear reactor core having a gas expansion module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,208, issued on April 21, was assigned to HITACHI GE VERNOVA NUCLEAR ENERGY LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Fast nuclear reactor core having a gas expansion module" was invented by Sho Fuchita (Ibaraki, Japan) and Kouji Fujimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core of a fast nuclear reactor has at least one gas expansion module, at least one neutron absorber, and at least one neutron moderator. The gas expansion module has a hollow tubular structure with one end closed and the other end opened. The at least one neutron absorber adjoins an outer face, in a radial direction of the core, of each gas expansion module. The at least one ne...