Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements inventions 05/07

20070121776 - System and method for multiple usage tooling for pressurized water reactor: A system and method for inspecting, repairing and mitigating stress corrosion cracking on a pressure water reactor vessel. The reactor vessel includes inlet nozzles, outlet nozzles, and bottom mounted instrumentations. The method may include removing core barrels in the reactor vessel, installing a radiation shield in the reactor vessel, installing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070110208 - Antimatter electrical generator: The present set of complementary inventions refer to a system for the practical and inexpensive procurement of huge amounts of energy derived from the principles of matter-antimatter generation and annihilation. The generator will comprise the functions of generation, amplification, concentration and collision of photons within a specially designed self-reflective chamber;... Agent: Alberto Molina-martinez

20070104305 - Method and a device for packaging leaky nuclear fuel rods for the purposes of transport and long-duration storage or warehousing: A plurality of capsules are made available, each for receiving a fuel rod, and each comprising a tubular sheath that is closed at its ends by plugs. A loading structure is placed in a pool to receive at least one capsule with its axis vertical. A device for loading fuel... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070104306 - Thermal efficiency diagnosing system for nuclear power plant, thermal efficiency diagnosing program for nuclear power plant, and thermal efficiency diagnosing method for nuclear power plant: A nuclear power plant thermal efficiency diagnostic system 10 comprises: a feed-and-condensate-water-flow-rate-setting-means 13 for setting a flow rate of feedwater tentatively; a heat-exchange-on-heater-calculating-means 14 for calculating heat exchange quantities of the feedwater and the condensate water on a heater; a HP turbine power calculating means 15 for acquiring a calculated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098129 - Plasma containment method: A method for plasma containment is disclosed comprising varying the system energy subject to Maxwell's equations, momentum moment equations, and adiabatic equations of state, without imposing a quasi-neutrality condition. In one embodiment, electrons are confined by magnetic forces and ions by internal, electrostatic forces that arise due to charge separation... Agent: Kunzler And Associates Alan L. Edwards

20070098130 - Production of thorium-229 from thorium-230: A method for producing 229Th uses 230Th as a target material. 229Th can be formed from 230Th using energetic particles, including neutron, gamma ray, proton or deuteron bombardment.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070098131 - System and method for testing the steam system of a boiling water reactor: A system and method for predicting acoustic loads expected on a boiling water reactor (BWR) may include a BWR scale model, a test fixture for generating air flow in the scale model, and one or measurement devices for monitoring system behavior to predict how acoustic loads may affect plant operation... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C