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GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS
US·44 granted patents·10 pending applications·501 citations·filing 2000–2023
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54 records- 0193US7672418B2Control rod guide tube and method for providing coolant to a nuclear reactor fuel assemblyGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 2, 2010·11 cites·21 claims
- 0293US7561654B2Nuclear fuel spacer assembly with debris guideGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 14, 2009·32 cites·3 claims
- 0390US6489623B1Shipping container for radioactive materials and methods of fabricationGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 3, 2002·79 cites·29 claims
- 0489US6862329B1In-cycle shuffleGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 1, 2005·45 cites·24 claims
- 0586US7577230B2Fuel support and method for modifying coolant flow in a nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 18, 2009·5 cites·31 claims
- 0686US7200541B2Method and arrangement for determining nuclear reactor core designsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 3, 2007·20 cites·31 claims
- 0786US6690758B1Perforated debris catcher for a nuclear fuel assemblyGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 10, 2004·32 cites·23 claims
- 0884US7685079B2Methods for evaluating robustness of solutions to constraint problemsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 23, 2010·8 cites·20 claims
- 0984US7280946B2Method and arrangement for determining pin enrichments in fuel bundle of nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 9, 2007·30 cites·25 claims
- 1083US7480599B2Single cycle and equilibrium fuel loading method and system to reduce cycle outage in a boiling water nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 20, 2009·7 cites·20 claims
- 1183US7409032B2Method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·6 cites·11 claims
- 1282US7424412B2Method of determining nuclear reactor core design with reduced control blade densityGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 9, 2008·35 cites·18 claims
- 1381US7574337B2Method of determining a fresh fuel bundle design for a core of a nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·43 cites·13 claims
- 1479US7472045B2Method for perturbating a nuclear reactor core fuel bundle design to generate a group of designsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 30, 2008·3 cites·20 claims
- 1578US7613272B2Methods of using fuel bundle groups as evaluation constraintsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 3, 2009·3 cites·3 claims
- 1678US2024312647A1Nuclear reactor core loading and operation strategiesGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1777US7222061B2Method and arrangement for developing rod patterns in nuclear reactorsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2002·Granted May 22, 2007·12 cites·39 claims
- 1877US6674825B2Determination of operating limit minimum critical power ratioGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 6, 2004·19 cites·5 claims
- 1977US6535568B1Method and system for generating thermal-mechanical limits for the operation of nuclear fuel rodsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 18, 2003·19 cites·11 claims
- 2074US7532698B2Systems and methods of predicting a critical effective k for a nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted May 12, 2009·5 cites·24 claims
- 2172US8385497B2Channel confinement method for dry-storage of BWR fuel bundlesGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 26, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2271US7616727B2Methods of editing fuel bundle groupsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 10, 2009·1 cites·5 claims
- 2370US12106864B2Methods of forming debris filters for nuclear fuel assembliesGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 1, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 2468US7505547B2Assembly and method for mounting a fuel assembly having a predefined orientation within a nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 17, 2009·1 cites·10 claims
- 2566US7437276B2Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problemGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 14, 2008·8 cites·20 claims
- 2666US7337099B2Method, arrangement and computer program for generating database of fuel bundle designs for nuclear reactorsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 26, 2008·8 cites·17 claims
- 2766US6611572B2Determination of operating limit minimum critical power ratioGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 26, 2003·9 cites·4 claims
- 2865US7231333B2Method and arrangement for developing core loading patterns in nuclear reactorsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 12, 2007·8 cites·30 claims
- 2964US7672815B2Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problemGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 2, 2010·12 cites·8 claims
- 3062US10658086B2Optimized fuel assembly channels and methods of creating the sameGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2016·Granted May 19, 2020·0 cites·9 claims
- 3162US7693249B2Method of improving nuclear reactor performanceGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 6, 2010·5 cites·24 claims
- 3261US8009791B2Fuel supports for nuclear reactorsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 30, 2011·0 cites·25 claims
- 3360US7426458B2Nuclear reactor reload licensing analysis system and methodGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 16, 2008·10 cites·23 claims
- 3460US2009092217A1Method to shield nuclear fuel assembly with removable debris shield in upper tie plateGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3558US7487133B2Method and apparatus for adaptively determining weight factors within the context of an objective functionGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 3, 2009·6 cites·30 claims
- 3658US7266481B2Method, arrangement and computer program for determining standardized rod types for nuclear reactorsGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·3 cites·18 claims
- 3757US7804929B2Method and system for calculating rod average criteriaGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 28, 2010·4 cites·19 claims
- 3856US7636652B2Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of nuclear fuel from a fuel poolGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 22, 2009·3 cites·14 claims
- 3955US6603133B2End support system for a shipping container for nuclear fuelGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 5, 2003·4 cites·16 claims
- 4055US2009060114A1Debris shield for upper tie plate in a nuclear fuel bundle and method for filtering debrisGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4154US7702060B2Expanded nuclear fuel channelGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 20, 2010·0 cites·6 claims
- 4253US2010014624A1Nuclear reactor components including material layers to reduce enhanced corrosion on zirconium alloys used in fuel assemblies and methods thereofGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4352US2009285350A1Multi-layer fuel channel and method of fabricating the sameGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4450US8043448B2Non-heat treated zirconium alloy fuel cladding and a method of manufacturing the sameGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 25, 2011·2 cites·18 claims
- 4549US7650265B2Methods of using geometric constructs for neutronics modelingGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 19, 2010·2 cites·21 claims
- 4648US7848476B2Channel seating tool for nuclear fuel assembly and method for seating channel on the assemblyGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·0 cites·18 claims
- 4745US2014169516A1Fuel rods with varying axial characteristics and nuclear fuel assemblies including the sameGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4844US7499840B2Method and apparatus for creating and editing a nuclear reactor core loading templateGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 3, 2009·0 cites·13 claims
- 4944US2007177710A1Method of determining a cell friction metric for a control cell of a nuclear reactorGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 5044US2009139969A1Laser welding of castings to minimize distortionGLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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