G21C 3/42
Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel
G21C3/42 (Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel) appears on 558 US grants and 549 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- TRISO architecture for palladium and silicon carbide interaction mitigation29 Sep 2026US 12,749,588 B2UT-Battelle, LLC
- Fuel element with multi-smear density fuel4 Aug 2026US 12,700,514 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Composite uranium silicide-uranium dioxide nuclear fuel28 Jul 2026US 12,694,995 B2University of South Carolina
- Method for preparing UO2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing by means of IBC blender, and UO2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing, prepared thereby21 Jul 2026US 12,688,944 B2Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
- Composite ammonium diuranate gel particles with a phenolic resin phase, and methods of making the same16 Jun 2026US 12,655,027 B2X-energy, LLC
- Sintering additives for improved microstructure control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308070 A1UT-Battelle, LLC
- Nuclear reactor loading system and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311901 A1Abilene Christian University
- Molten fuel reactor thermal management configurations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290630 A1c/o TerraPower, LLC
- A method of operating a molten salt reactor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290633 A1Saltfoss Energy Aps
- Heat-generating nuclear reactor with liquid metal coolant and core comprising coolant-sealed tubes each housing "triso" nuclear fuel particles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290636 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fission reaction control in a molten salt reactor43US 10,438,705 B2TerraPower, LLC · 2019
- Molten fuel-salt reactor42US 4,045,286 AElectricite de France (Service National) · 1977
- Control of a laser inertial confinement fusion-fission power plant40US 9,171,646 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · 2015
- Process for producing sintered mixed oxides which are soluble in nitric acid from solutions of nitrates39US 4,871,479 AComurhex Societe pour la Conversion de l'Uranium en Metal et Hexafluorure · 1989
- Coprocessed nuclear fuels containing (U, Pu) values as oxides, carbides or carbonitrides37US 4,397,778 A1983