G21C 17/10
Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure
Official title: Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure with sensitive instruments, e.g. for measuring radioactivity, strain
G21C17/10 (Structural combination of fuel element, control rod, reactor core, or moderator structure) appears on 622 US grants and 493 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 622
- Published applications
- 493
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 1,335
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 3 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 11 |
| 2010 | 2 | 21 |
| 2011 | 2 | 22 |
| 2012 | 8 | 31 |
| 2013 | 16 | 43 |
| 2014 | 22 | 30 |
| 2015 | 17 | 21 |
| 2016 | 23 | 24 |
| 2017 | 29 | 32 |
| 2018 | 17 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 | 26 |
| 2020 | 30 | 33 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 |
| 2022 | 27 | 35 |
| 2023 | 21 | 22 |
| 2024 | 25 | 26 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for measuring drop time of a control rod cluster integrated with a rod position measurement device7 Jul 2026US 12,676,247 B2Nuclear Power Operations Research Institute (Npri)
- Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod30 Jun 2026US 12,671,004 B2Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Nuclear reactor and method of opening a nuclear reactor16 Jun 2026US 12,658,331 B2Rolls-Royce Smr Limited
- Neutron flux measurement apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,650,528 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted19 May 2026US 12,633,426 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Method calibrating power monitors for molten salt reactors at low power8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311900 A1Abilene Christian University
- Apparatus for controlling nuclear reactor and method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301979 A1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Nuclear instrument removal system for use with processing a nuclear instrument, associated feed and cut module, and method of processing a nuclear instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279608 A1Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd.
- Internal flow structures for molten salt reactors27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253754 A1
- Nuclear instrumentation device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221300 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and process for the control of a nuclear power system44US 4,330,367 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1982
- Fission reaction control in a molten salt reactor43US 10,438,705 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Method of and apparatus for measuring the power distribution in nuclear reactor cores37US 4,393,025 A1983
- High pressure seal fitting with built-in low pressure seal arrangement36US 4,728,479 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1988
- Instrumentation tube features for reduction of coolant flow-induced vibration of flux thimble tube36US 4,990,304 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991