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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jorge V. Carvajal, Irwin, PA (US);
Michael D. Heibel, Harrison City, PA (US);
Lyman J. Petrosky, Latrobe, PA (US);
Tim M. Crede, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Robert W. Flammang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/10 (2006.01); G21H 1/00 (2006.01); G21C 7/36 (2006.01); G21C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 17/10 (2013.01); G21C 17/102 (2013.01); G21H 1/00 (2013.01); G21C 7/36 (2013.01); G21C 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum micro-electronics device that utilizes fissile material capable of using the existing neutron leakage from the fuel assemblies of a nuclear reactor to produce thermal energy to power the heater/cathode element of the vacuum micro-electronics device and a self-powered detector emitter to produce the voltage/current necessary to power the anode/plate terminal of the vacuum micro-electronics device.