The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 18, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony P Reese, San Jose, CA (US);
Russell L Crowther, Jr deceased, late of San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376212 ; 376419 ; 376428 ; 376435 ; 376349 ; 376267 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nuclear reactors and more specifically to a fuel bundle arrangement for a boiling water nuclear reactor in which so-called mixed oxide fuels including plutonium and uranium are utilized in a nuclear fuel bundle together with a burnable absorber such as gadolinium to optimize the reaction of a nuclear fuel bundle.