With the recent validation of its evacuated containment patents in the
US, Europe and Asia, NuScale Power, LLC, announced today that its
portfolio now contains 108 patents granted or pending in 17 North
American, European and Asian countries.
NuScale’s robust patent development and protection program actively
identifies and protects its designs and innovations in nuclear
technology—focusing on key innovations for Small Modular Reactors
(SMRs). NuScale’s portfolio includes patent filings related to advanced
safety features, enhanced fuel performance, SMR scalability and
modularity, and many other nuclear innovations.
In June, NuScale announced it had received a US Patent for its Steam
Generator Flow By-Pass System which relates to a system for removing
decay heat from its reactor.
In April, NuScale announced a major technological breakthrough whereby
the NuScale Power Module does not require any operator action,
electrical power—alternate current (AC) or direct current (DC)—nor
additional water beyond system inventory, to achieve indefinite cooling
in a station blackout condition, like that encountered at Fukushima
Daiichi.
About NuScale Power, LLC
NuScale Power, LLC, is developing an inherently safe, modular, scalable
commercial nuclear power technology. Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR), a
global engineering, procurement and construction company with a 60-year
history in commercial nuclear power, is the majority investor in
NuScale. NuScale's design offers the benefits of carbon-free nuclear
power but takes away the issues presented by the cost of installing
large capacity. A nuclear power plant using NuScale's technology is
comprised of individual nuclear power modules; each produces 45
megawatts of electricity with its own combined containment vessel and
reactor system, and its own designated turbine-generator set. A power
plant can include as many as 12 NuScale integral PWR modules to produce
as much as 540 megawatts. The reactors are cooled by the natural
convection of water and can be shut down safely without pumps or other
mechanical systems. NuScale power plants are scalable - additional
modules are added as customer demand for electricity increases.
NuScale's technology also is ideally suited to supply energy for
district heating, desalination and other applications. For more
information visit: www.nuscalepower.com.
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