Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements inventions 10/08

20080260088 - Apparatus and method for supporting fuel assemblies in an underwater environment having lateral access loading: A fuel rack for supporting radioactive fuel assemblies in an underwater (or other submerged) environment that reduces the depth required for the pool to effectuate the fuel rack loading procedure. The fuel rack is specially designed to afford lateral loading. In one embodiment, the fuel rack comprises a body structure... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20080260088 - Apparatus and method for supporting fuel assemblies in an underwater environment having lateral access loading: A fuel rack for supporting radioactive fuel assemblies in an underwater (or other submerged) environment that reduces the depth required for the pool to effectuate the fuel rack loading procedure. The fuel rack is specially designed to afford lateral loading. In one embodiment, the fuel rack comprises a body structure... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney LLP

20080253495 - Storage device for storing and transporting nuclear fuel assemblies: The invention relates to a storage device (1) for storing and transporting nuclear fuel assemblies, the device comprising a plurality of adjacent compartments, each having a lateral wall and being capable of receiving a nuclear fuel assembly, the lateral walls being made using notched structural units (6a, 6b) that are... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080253496 - Nuclear reactor control rod spider assembly: A control rod spider assembly connection between a connecting finger and a rodlet. An upper end plug of the rodlet is secured to the inner bore of the hollow connecting finger with a mating one of a right hand or left hand thread interfacing between the interior of the bore... Agent: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

20080253497 - Upper internals arrangement for a pressurized water reactor: In a pressurized water reactor with ail of the in-core instrumentation gaining access to the core through the reactor head, each fuel assembly in which the instrumentation is introduced is aligned with an upper internals instrumentation guide-way. In the elevations above the upper internals upper support assembly, the instrumentation is... Agent: Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

20080247498 - Methods and apparatuses for operating and repairing nuclear reactors: Method of repairing nuclear reactors that include one or more submerged lines welded to one or more support brackets may include: removing a damaged section of one of the one or more submerged lines; and replacing the damaged section of the one of the one or more submerged lines without... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080247499 - Natural circulation boiling water reactor and handling method thereof: A handling method for a natural circulation boiling water reactor having a chimney having cylindrical chimney shell disposed above a core in a reactor pressure vessel, a plurality of square tubes disposed in the chimney shell, and a grid support plate with grid holes supporting and in communication with a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080240329 - Detecting special nuclear materials in suspect containers using high-energy gamma rays emitted by fission products: A method and a system for detecting the presence of special nuclear materials in a suspect container. The system and its method include irradiating the suspect container with a beam of neutrons, so as to induce a thermal fission in a portion of the special nuclear materials, detecting the gamma... Agent: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

20080240330 - Compact device for dual transmutation for isotope production permitting production of positron emitters, beta emitters and alpha emitters using energetic electrons: A method and apparatus for directing high energy electrons to a converter material that emits gamma rays, which, in turn interact directly with parent isotopes to produce unstable, short-lived medical isotopes and product isotopes by the gamma, n reaction, or which interact with high-z materials to produce neutrons that then... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20080240331 - Inspection apparatus for reactor bottom mounted instrumentation nozzle: Provided is an inspection apparatus for a reactor BMI nozzle. The apparatus includes a motor, a ball screw, a guide, and a coil spring. The motor is installed at a transmission of a bracket provided under a quick connector of an ROSA-V six-axis system and enables vertical driving of an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080240332 - Condecast ev 2 inertial guided themonuclear perfumagnetron fusion reactor: o

20080240333 - Nuclear fission igniter: Illustrative embodiments provide nuclear fission igniters for nuclear fission reactors and methods for their operation. Illustrative embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, a nuclear fission igniter configured to ignite a nuclear fission deflagration wave in nuclear fission fuel material, a nuclear fission deflagration wave reactor with a nuclear fission igniter,... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080240334 - Fuel elements for nuclear reactor system: A fuel element for nuclear power generation made up of at least one coated UO2 fuel kernel embedded in a matrix containing Zr. The kernel and the element each having a coating that provides desired spacing and fission product barrier protection. The fuel enables the functioning and deployment of small... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53