G21C 3/047
Pellet-clad interaction
Official title: {Pellet-clad interaction}
G21C3/047 (Pellet-clad interaction) appears on 27 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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By later US patents
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- Nuclear reactor green and sintered fuel pellets, corresponding fuel rod and fuel assembly5US 9,042,507 B2Areva Np · 2015
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