G21C 1/03
Cooled by a coolant not essentially pressurised
Official title: cooled by a coolant not essentially pressurised, e.g. pool-type reactors
G21C1/03 (Cooled by a coolant not essentially pressurised) appears on 155 US grants and 126 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 155
- Published applications
- 126
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 363
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 15 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Separation of fission products in a molten salt reactor via adsorbent frameworks11 Aug 2026US 12,706,225 B2Abilene Christian University
- Fuel assembly having a shared fission gas plenum16 Jun 2026US 12,658,330 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Reactor systems having an external fuel salt loop26 May 2026US 12,640,277 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor comprising a passive decay heat removal system having thermal insulation attached to a wall of a cold source reservoir that holds a phase change material, where the insulation is arranged to automatically fall by gravity from the wall in response to the wall reaching a predetermined temperature31 Mar 2026US 12,592,325 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Feb 2026US 12,562,287 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
- Gas management systems for a molten salt nuclear reactor30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221298 A1Abilene Christian University
- Curvilinear electromagnetic pump30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121503 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Molten salt reactor containment12 Mar 2026US 2026/0074085 A1
- Modular core molten salt nuclear reactor15 Jan 2026US 2026/0018309 A1Thorizon Holding B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fission reaction control in a molten salt reactor43US 10,438,705 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Molten fuel-salt reactor42US 4,045,286 AElectricite de France (Service National) · 1977
- Passive heat transfer means for nuclear reactors42US 4,478,784 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1984
- Pump35US 4,773,826 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1988
- Nuclear reactors31US 4,294,658 AUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · 1981