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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:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2003
Applicants:
David Joseph Kropaczek, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, Ii, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mehdi Asgari, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventors:
David Joseph Kropaczek, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, II, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mehdi Asgari, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the method, a reactor core is shut down during the operation cycle. One or more fuel bundles of the reactor core are then moved to new positions within the reactor core to increase a total energy, output of the reactor core as compared to continuing operation of the reactor core without the shutting down and moving steps.