G21C 3/36
Assemblies of plate-shaped fuel elements or coaxial tubes
G21C3/36 (Assemblies of plate-shaped fuel elements or coaxial tubes) appears on 24 US grants and 22 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 22
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 85
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nuclear reactor24 Feb 2026US 12,562,288 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Method of forming a unitary nuclear fuel segment by heat bonding a thermally conductive layer deposited on a first fuel layer to a thermally conductive layer deposited on a second fuel layer13 Jan 2026US 12,525,368 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fission reactor with segmented cladding bodies having cladding arms with involute curve shape5 Nov 2024US 12,136,497 B2BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- Customizable thin plate fuel form and reactor core therefor5 Mar 2024US 11,923,098 B2Howe Industries LLC
- Nuclear reactor component having a coating of amorphous chromium carbide3 Jan 2023US 11,545,273 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Nuclear fuel assembly and a method of manufacture thereof28 May 2026US 2026/0148872 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Fission Reactor with Segmented Cladding Bodies Having Cladding Arms with Involute Curve Shape16 Jan 2025US 2025/0022622 A1BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- Method for manufacturing a nuclear fuel element and nuclear fuel element12 Dec 2024US 2024/0412883 A1Framatome
- Customizable Thin Plate Fuel Form and Reactor Core Therefor29 Aug 2024US 2024/0290509 A1Howe Industries LLC
- Nuclear reactor11 Jan 2024US 2024/0013938 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nuclear reactor of the pressurized water type32US 4,076,586 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1978
- High flux reactor26US 4,764,339 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1988
- High burnup nuclear fuel rod16US 4,273,616 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1981
- Monobloc fuel element and boiling water and fast spectrum nuclear reactor using such elements13US 6,665,366 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 2003
- High loading uranium fuel plate9US 4,963,317 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1990