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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard F Van Swam, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Power Corporation, Richland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ; G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376435 ;
Abstract
A nuclear fuel pellet having concentric layers of nuclear fuel in which an outer layer has less fissionable nuclear fuel per unit volume and substantially the same amount of fertile material per unit volume as an inner core.