Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements inventions 07/06

20060165207 - Commutator, gazelectrode, a method of electroplating and method ofinitiating cold fusion: A commutator comprising a first and a second plate arranged to move relative to one another is provided. One of the plates comprises at least one input port arranged to allow a fluid to enter the commutator and one of the plates comprises at least one output port arranged to...

20060165208 - Method for designing a nuclear fuel assembly with damping guide tube: A method to design a nuclear fuel assembly having the following steps including establishing the falling speed of the control rod upon entry into the lower damping portion when the control cluster falls in the event of a shutdown of the nuclear reactor,establishing, based on the falling speed established in...

20060165209 - Neutron detector assembly with variable length rhodium emitters: A system to measure neutron flux in a nuclear fuel assembly includes at least two detectors placed in a nuclear fuel assembly, each of the detectors having an outer sheath and an inner emitter, the emitter having a structure to accept neutrons and provide an electrical signal, the outer sheath...

20060165210 - Method and system for calculating rod average criteria: A method of calculating and using a constraint for fuel rods is provided. The method may utilize pin nodal exposures and pin nodal powers to obtain the constraint, calculate rod average exposures and rod average powers (kW/ft) in each fuel assembly, and develop maps from the calculated rod average exposures...

20060159215 - Method for detecting a fault of a power module for a control system of a control rod drive mechanism of a nuclear reactor: In a method for detecting a fault of a power module for a control system of a control rod drive mechanism of a nuclear reactor, a fault of the power module is separately detected in a “go” mode, a “hold” mode and a “double hold” mode of a control rod....

20060159216 - Aligning device for fuel elements of a pressurized water reactor: An aligning device for fuel elements allows fuel elements of a pressurized water reactor to be aligned in a comparatively easy and quick manner. To this end, the aligning device for fuel elements includes an aligning body, which extends in a longitudinal direction and whose lateral faces formed from side...

20060153327 - Helically fluted tubular fuel rod support: A support grid for a nuclear fuel assembly, the fuel rod assembly having a generally cylindrical fuel rod with a diameter, wherein the support grid includes a frame assembly having a plurality of generally uniform cells, each the cell having at least one wall and a width and at least...

20060146973 - Method and system for assessing failures of fuel rods: A system and method for assessing failure of fuel rods are disclosed. The method may include monitoring fuel rod operational conditions, comparing the fuel rod parameters to parameters limits, calculating the fuel rod performance parameters to determine the likelihood of failure of individual fuel rods, and updating plant operating parameters...

20060146974 - Segment make-up system and method for manufacturing nuclear fuel rods: A method to insert nuclear fuel pellets into a fuel rod cladding tube, having the steps of providing a cladding tube, providing at least one nuclear fuel pellet to be incorporated into the cladding tube, measuring a length of the at least one nuclear fuel pellet with a camera, comparing...

20060146975 - Nuclear power plant, method of forming corrosion-resistant coating therefor, and method of operating nuclear power plant: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type...

20060146976 - Nuclear reactor and means for inserting neutron-absorbing liquid into the core: Installations for mounting, controlling, and guiding control rods in and outside a vessel may be removed and passage through an upper internal part may thereby be avoided. An upper internal part is placed near the core of a reactor and laterally emerges on the outside of the vessel. All the...