US PATENT SUBCLASS 376 / 378
.~.~.~.~ Vapor manipulated or used exterior of reactor core

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376 /   HD   INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS: PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND ELEMENTS

347  DF  REACTOR STRUCTURES {7}
361  DF  .~ Circulating fluid within reactor {6}
366  DF  .~.~ Plural fluids or a fluid in plural phases circulating within reactor (e.g., pressure tube reactors) {3}
370  DF  .~.~.~ With formation, separation, or manipulation of a vapor (e.g., boiling water reactor (BWR) type) {5}
378.~.~.~.~ Vapor manipulated or used exterior of reactor core {1}
379  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> With flow control of fluid within reactor

DEFINITION

Classification: 376/378

Vapor manipulated or used exterior of reactor core:

(under subclass 370) Subject matter wherein the steam or vapor has energy (e.g., thermal or kinetic) added to or removed therefrom (e.g., by a heat exchanger, pump, or turbine) exterior of the reactor core.