G21C 3/17
Means for storage or immobilisation of gases in fuel elements
G21C3/17 (Means for storage or immobilisation of gases in fuel elements) appears on 49 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 49
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 136
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Nuclear fuel rod having cladding with varying diameter7 Oct 2025US 12,437,884 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fission product getter formed by additive manufacturing3 Oct 2023US 11,776,701 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Fission product getter15 Nov 2022US 11,501,883 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Fuel element, fuel assembly, and core26 Jul 2022US 11,398,315 B2Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Method to pressurize sic fuel cladding tube before end plug sealing by pressurization pushing spring loaded end plug29 Jun 2021US 11,049,622 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Nuclear fuel rod having cladding with varying diameter6 Nov 2025US 2025/0342977 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- High energy nuclear fuel, fuel assembly, and refueling method8 Feb 2024US 2024/0047088 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fission product getter6 Apr 2023US 2023/0104365 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Fuel assembly and core of fast reactor9 Mar 2023US 2023/0071843 A1Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Variable fuel rod diameter24 Nov 2022US 2022/0375632 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Zr.sub.2 Ni as a getter metal and nuclear reactor fuel element employing such32US 4,071,335 ASaes Getters S. P. A. · 1978
- Nuclear breeder reactor fuel element with axial tandem stacking and getter24US 4,257,847 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1981
- Increased fuel column height for boiling water reactor fuel rods24US 5,219,519 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993
- Non-evaporable ternary gettering alloy, particularly for the sorption of water and water vapor in nuclear reactor fuel elements22US 4,907,948 ASaes Getters S. P. A. · 1990
- Fission product getter18US 10,685,750 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2020