Inventor
KROPACZEK DAVID JOSEPH
US24 patents
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GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS
15 patentsUS6862329B1Mar 1, 2005
In-cycle shuffle
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS45 citations92
US7200541B2Apr 3, 2007
Method and arrangement for determining nuclear reactor core designs
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS20 citations89
US7574337B2Aug 11, 2009
Method of determining a fresh fuel bundle design for a core of a nuclear reactor
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS43 citations88
US7424412B2Sep 9, 2008
Method of determining nuclear reactor core design with reduced control blade density
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS35 citations88
US7685079B2Mar 23, 2010
Methods for evaluating robustness of solutions to constraint problems
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS8 citations82
US7222061B2May 22, 2007
Method and arrangement for developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS12 citations82
US7672815B2Mar 2, 2010
Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problem
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS12 citations81
US7337099B2Feb 26, 2008
Method, arrangement and computer program for generating database of fuel bundle designs for nuclear reactors
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS8 citations72
US7231333B2Jun 12, 2007
Method and arrangement for developing core loading patterns in nuclear reactors
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS8 citations71
US7693249B2Apr 6, 2010
Method of improving nuclear reactor performance
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS5 citations62
US7487133B2Feb 3, 2009
Method and apparatus for adaptively determining weight factors within the context of an objective function
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS6 citations61
US7266481B2Sep 4, 2007
Method, arrangement and computer program for determining standardized rod types for nuclear reactors
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS3 citations61
US7636652B2Dec 22, 2009
Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of nuclear fuel from a fuel pool
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS3 citations59
US7532698B2May 12, 2009
Systems and methods of predicting a critical effective k for a nuclear reactor
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS5 citations54
US7499840B2Mar 3, 2009
Method and apparatus for creating and editing a nuclear reactor core loading template
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL AMERICAS0 citations50
GEN ELECTRIC
4 patentsUS7461038B2Dec 2, 2008
Method and apparatus for evaluating robustness of proposed solution to constraint problem and considering robustness in developing a constraint problem solution
GEN ELECTRIC26 citations91
US7555092B2Jun 30, 2009
System and method for continuous optimization of control-variables during operation of a nuclear reactor
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations82
US7366273B2Apr 29, 2008
Method of determining margins to operating limits for nuclear reactor operation
GEN ELECTRIC3 citations60
US7941305B2May 10, 2011
Method and apparatus for moving nuclear fuel
GEN ELECTRIC4 citations59
KROPACZEK DAVID JOSEPH
3 patentsUS8873698B2Oct 28, 2014
Computer-implemented method and system for designing a nuclear reactor core which satisfies licensing criteria
KROPACZEK DAVID JOSEPH3 citations55
US8582713B2Nov 12, 2013
Method for improving energy output of a nuclear reactor, method for determining natural uranium blanket layer for a fuel bundle, and a fuel bundle having a variable blanket layer
KROPACZEK DAVID JOSEPH1 citations43
US9047995B2Jun 2, 2015
Method and system for designing a nuclear reactor core for uprated power operations
KROPACZEK DAVID JOSEPH0 citations39