TerraPower was granted a patent for modular sodium-reactor monitoring.

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  "company": {
    "name": "TerraPower",
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    "detail": "In August 2026 TerraPower patented a bypass system for routing sodium coolant to swappable instruments that monitor reactor conditions near the reactor head.",
    "summary": "TerraPower was granted a patent for modular sodium-reactor monitoring.",
    "event_at": "2026-08-25",
    "inventors": [
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        "name": "Stephen Moore",
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    "patent_title": "System including a bypass pipe that routes some sodium coolant from a primary pump discharge upward to sodium measuring instruments located near a nuclear reactor head",
    "patent_number": "US12718961",
    "uspto_assignee": "TERRAPOWER, LLC",
    "patent_abstract": "In a sodium fast reactor, a bypass pipe is fluidly coupled to the primary sodium pump discharge and diverts a portion of the primary sodium coolant to an instrument assembly. The bypass pipe routes flowing sodium upward toward the reactor head where it fluidly couples to the instrument assembly. The instrument assembly includes an instrument tank and selectively swappable instrument modules. The instrument modules can be configured to measure flow, pressure, temperature, and fluid level, among other things. The instrument assembly is located relatively close to the reactor head and close to the sodium level in the sodium pool and is accessible from above the reactor head for quick and efficient removal and replacement of the entire instrument assembly or individual instruments.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
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      "sodium fast reactors",
      "nuclear instrumentation",
      "coolant systems",
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