G21C 7/103
Control assemblies containing one or more absorbants as well as other elements
Official title: Control assemblies containing one or more absorbants as well as other elements, e.g. fuel or moderator elements
G21C7/103 (Control assemblies containing one or more absorbants as well as other elements) appears on 30 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 128
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod30 Jun 2026US 12,671,004 B2Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting the output of a reactor core3 Sep 2024US 12,080,438 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Methods and devices to improve performances of RCCA and CEA to mitigate clad strain in the high fluence region23 Jul 2024US 12,046,381 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Enhanced graphite neutron reflector with beryllium oxide inclusions28 Nov 2023US 11,830,630 B2Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- Control drum for a mobile nuclear reactor16 Aug 2022US 11,417,435 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Molten salt reactor and molten salt reactor system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279605 A1Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang
- Neutron absorber and neutron absorption control rod for nuclear reactor19 Jun 2025US 2025/0201430 A1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Integrated fuel and control system15 May 2025US 2025/0157678 A1Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
- Fuel assembly for a nuclear power plant, method for activating a material to be activated and gripper27 Feb 2025US 2025/0069763 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting the output of a reactor core2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006383 A1Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactor core41US 6,088,420 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2000
- Hybrid nuclear reactor grey rod to obtain required reactivity worth36US 5,064,607 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1991
- Compactable control element assembly for a nuclear reactor31US 3,959,072 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1976
- Reactivity control assembly for nuclear reactor20US 4,481,164 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1984
- Fast breeder reactor16US 4,762,672 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1988