G21C 19/32
Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area
Official title: Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area, e.g. to a storage place; Apparatus for handling radioactive objects or materials within a storage place or removing them therefrom (disposal of waste material G21F9/00)
G21C19/32 (Apparatus for removing radioactive objects or materials from the reactor discharge area) appears on 201 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) dry transfer system60US 5,661,768 ANewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company · 1997
- Method and apparatus for handling nuclear fuel elements57US 4,450,134 A1984
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- Dry transfer of spent nuclear rods for transporation48US 5,319,686 ANewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company · 1994
- Cask handling method and apparatus46US 4,055,508 AAutomation Industries, Inc. · 1977