Systems and methods for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor

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PATENT NO 9852818
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12657734

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Illustrative embodiments provide a reactivity control assembly for a nuclear fission reactor, a reactivity control system for a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a nuclear fission traveling wave reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a method of controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, methods of operating a nuclear fission traveling wave reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a system for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor having a fast neutron spectrum, a method of determining an application of a controllably movable rod, a system for determining an application of a controllably movable rod, and a computer program product for determining an application of a controllably movable rod.

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TERRAPOWER LLC15800 NORTHUP WAY BELLEVUE WA 98008

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ahlfeld, Charles E La Jolla, US 44 270
Greenspan, Ehud Emeryville, US 11 72
Hyde, Roderick A Redmond, US 2911 61857
Myhrvold, Nathan P Bellevue, US 1337 34637
Walter, Joshua C Kirkland, US 79 487
Weaver, Kevan D Redmond, US 28 84
Weaver, Thomas Allan San Mateo, US 116 2130
Wood,, Jr Lowell L Bellevue, US 2836 53047
Zimmerman, George B Lafayette, US 37 154

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