Patents Assigned to Gamma Engineering Corporation
  • Water cooled nuclear reactor and fuel elements therefor
    Patent number: 5182077
    Abstract: A fuel rod for a water cooled nuclear reactor comprises a cladding made of a continuous wound ceramic fiber tube. The wound fibers are impregnated with a matrix to achieve a required density and exposed to ammonia gas to create a solid gel. The gel is fired to form a ceramic composite having desirable thermal properties, strength, corrosion resistance, toughness and neutron capture cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Gamma Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert Feinroth