G21C 17/08
Structural combination of reactor core or moderator structure with viewing means
Official title: Structural combination of reactor core or moderator structure with viewing means, e.g. with television camera, periscope, window
G21C17/08 (Structural combination of reactor core or moderator structure with viewing means) appears on 29 US grants and 18 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 29
- Published applications
- 18
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 110
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and electronic device for assisting with surveillance of an element of a nuclear reactor, associated computer and associated system19 May 2026US 12,632,952 B2Framatome
- Method for monitoring failure of coated particles in fuel elements in core of pebble-bed high-temperature gas-cooled reactor30 Sep 2025US 12,431,251 B2Tsinghua University
- System for continually monitoring the condition of nuclear reactor internals17 Oct 2023US 11,791,059 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- System for removing foreign objects from nuclear reactor vessel6 Oct 2020US 10,796,809 B2Sichuan Xingzhi Zhihui Intellectual Property Operation Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for crack detection25 Aug 2020US 10,753,881 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Systems and methods for continually monitoring the condition of nuclear reactor internals4 Apr 2024US 2024/0112824 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Method and electronic device for assisting with surveillance of an element of a nuclear reactor, associated computer and associated system4 Jan 2024US 2024/0006087 A1Framatome
- Method for monitoring failure of coated particles in fuel elements in core of pebble-bed high-temperature gas-cooled reactor31 Aug 2023US 2023/0274847 A1Tsinghua University
- Systems and methods for continually monitoring the condition of nuclear reactor internals25 Aug 2022US 2022/0270772 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Radiation tolerant underwater camera with high definition viewing and recording capability24 Sep 2020US 2020/0303084 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Case for video probe31US 5,323,899 AWelch Allyn, Inc. · 1994
- Video enhancement kit31US 6,019,326 A2000
- Apparatus for examining the fuel rods of a nuclear reactor26US 4,036,686 ABodson, S.A. · 1977
- Underwater inspection system for nuclear power facilities26US 5,912,934 ARemote Ocean Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Device for the televisual inspection of the inner surface of a closed cylindrical vessel23US 4,302,772 AFramatome · 1981