G21C 5/06
Means for locating or supporting fuel elements
Official title: Means for locating or supporting fuel elements {(means forming part of the element G21C3/12)}
G21C5/06 (Means for locating or supporting fuel elements) appears on 102 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Nuclear fuel rods and heat pipes in a graphite moderator matrix for a micro-reactor, with the fuel rods having fuel pellets in a BeO sleeve7 Jul 2026US 12,676,245 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Nuclear reactor24 Feb 2026US 12,562,288 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Nuclear reactor head, nuclear reactor comprising such a nuclear reactor head and method of maintaining a nuclear reactor16 Dec 2025US 12,500,005 B2Framatome
- Lower end fitting locating pins5 Aug 2025US 12,381,015 B2BWXT mPower, Inc.
- Reactor design with controlled thermal neutron flux for enhanced neutron activation potential29 Apr 2025US 12,288,625 B2BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
- Sodium cooled fast reactor mechanical hold down and discrimination system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301978 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Inserts and methods for controlling fuel assembly coolant flow rates30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120896 A1
- Nuclear reactor system with lift-out core assembly30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120900 A1Radiant Industries, Incorporated
- Nuclear reactor provided with a core support system16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322972 A1Newcleo Ltd
- Fission Reactor with Segmented Cladding Bodies Having Cladding Arms with Involute Curve Shape16 Jan 2025US 2025/0022622 A1BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Core internals of a water-cooled nuclear reactor36US 5,030,413 AABB Reaktor GmbH · 1991
- Nuclear reactor of the pressurized water type32US 4,076,586 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1978
- Nuclear reactor with fuel assembly support means31US 4,615,862 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1986
- Fuel assembly with a top plate arranged above the upper end surfaces of the fuel rods28US 4,499,047 AAB Asea-Atom · 1985
- Core configuration for a nuclear reactor28US 6,934,350 B1General Electric Company · 2005