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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert F Barry, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
176 78 ; 176 17 ; 176 18 ; 176 82 ;
Abstract
A reactor core having tandem arranged fuel regions for use in a water moderated nuclear reactor. An upper core region is fueled with enriched uranium oxide; while, a lower core region is fueled with a plutonium oxide. An intermediate core region contains natural uranium oxide.