Patents by Inventor Dietmar Hanus

Dietmar Hanus has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of producing mixed-oxide nuclear fuel pellets soluble in nitric acid
    Patent number: 4676935
    Abstract: Production of mixed-oxide nuclear fuel pellets of uranium dioxide (UO.sub.2+x) and plutonium dioxide (PuO.sub.2) which are soluble in nitric acid. The powder mixture of oxides is added to a halogen-free milling aid, such as propane diol, then is milled and subsequently granulated, pressed and sintered. The milling aid is expelled by subsequent drying processes or heat treatments (sintering). The milling process is controlled to obtain a primary grain size of less than two micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: Alkem GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Funke, Dietmar Hanus, Rainer Lob, Wihelm Konigs