Assignee
FRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES
FR·20 granted patents·1 pending application·318 citations·filing 1991–2013
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21 records- 0188US5726418AMethod and installation for laser welding a spacer grid of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor, and device for welding via the interior of a gridFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 10, 1998·38 cites·13 claims
- 0275US5221515AMethod for manufacturing grids for a nuclear fuel assemblyFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 22, 1993·28 cites·6 claims
- 0373US5231261AEquipment and unit for welding by laser, fuel rods or the likeFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 27, 1993·31 cites·15 claims
- 0472US5808271AMethod of laser beam welding interlaced straps of a spacer grid with plural beamsFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 15, 1998·20 cites·3 claims
- 0567US5602646AOptical method and device for automatically classifying cylindrical nuclear-fuel pelletsFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 11, 1997·48 cites·11 claims
- 0665US6668034B2Method of inspecting an operation of sealed closure by welding the end of a filling channel traversing the upper plug of a nuclear fuel rodFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 23, 2003·8 cites·8 claims
- 0764US6621885B2Apparatus and a method for assembling a spacer grid of a fuel assembly for a nuclear reactorFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 16, 2003·13 cites·10 claims
- 0863US6136285AMethod and apparatus for direct conversion of uranium hexafluoride into uranium oxideFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 24, 2000·32 cites·11 claims
- 0962US7422626B2Method and device for declogging filterFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 9, 2008·12 cites·13 claims
- 1058US6665363B1Method of inspecting the welding of a sealed closure plug of a nuclear reactor fuel elementFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2003·5 cites·8 claims
- 1157US7680319B2Method for the non-destructive testing of an element for a nuclear reactorFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 16, 2010·6 cites·32 claims
- 1256US5490418ADevice for measuring the force exerted by a grid springFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 13, 1996·13 cites·8 claims
- 1351US5192846AEquipment for drilling and/or closing off by laser the seal weld hole of a fuel rodFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 9, 1993·14 cites·6 claims
- 1450US6577698B1Installation for loading fuel rods into a nuclear fuel assemblyFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 10, 2003·12 cites·12 claims
- 1547US9208910B2Installation for welding nuclear fuel assembly skeletons, and corresponding methods of programming, of skeleton welding, and of making a fuel assemblyFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 8, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 1646US7374940B2Method and apparatus for determining the progress of a uranium oxyfluoride conversion reaction in a furnace and for controlling the reactionFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2001·Granted May 20, 2008·3 cites·13 claims
- 1745US5699393AFuel assembly loading installationFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 16, 1997·10 cites·16 claims
- 1837US6099718AMethod and device for checking and characteristics of a surface layer of a zirconium-alloy element and use for the checking of fuel rods for a nuclear reactorFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 8, 2000·10 cites·8 claims
- 1936US5415295AMethod and device for automatically sorting nuclear-fuel pelletsFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1993·Granted May 16, 1995·8 cites·10 claims
- 2035US5317609AMethod and apparatus for installing fuel rods in a nuclear fuel assembly skeletonFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 1993·Granted May 31, 1994·7 cites·13 claims
- 2135US2007263760A1Installation for Welding Frameworks of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies, Programming Method, Corresponding Methods for Framework Welding and AssemblingFRANCO BELGE COMBUSTIBLES·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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