Patents by Inventor Linton W. Lang

Linton W. Lang 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).

  • Reactor for production of U-233
    Patent number: 4393510
    Abstract: The production of a novel nuclear fuel utilizing clean uranium 233 in combination with other nuclear materials is made possible by utilization of an equally novel reactor configuration and method of operation. Clean uranium 233 is produced from thorium in a light water reactor while utilizing discrete separation of the thorium being irradiated from the fissile fuel. This clean uranium 233 is then incorporated directly as fissile isotope enrichment into a new nuclear fuel which may be done without encountering the usual difficulties and hazards in the handling of uranium 233 or the expense and delays associated with gaseous diffusion enrichment. The thorium from this process may be directly reprocessed for reactor charging without radiation hazard also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Pacific Nuclear Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Linton W. Lang, Robert L. Stetson
  • Reactor and process for production of novel nuclear fuel
    Patent number: 4381281
    Abstract: The production of a novel nuclear fuel, utilizing uranium 233 low in uranium 232 content in combination with other nuclear materials is made possible by utilization of an equally novel reactor configuration and method of operation. Uranium 233 is produced from thorium in a light water reactor (LWR) while utilizing discrete separation of the thorium being irradiated from the fissile fuel. This uranium 233 is then incorporated directly as fissile isotope enrichment into a new nuclear fuel which may be done without encountering the usual difficulties and hazards in the handling of uranium 233 or the expense and delays associated with gaseous diffusion enrichment. Thorium from this process may be directly reprocessed for reactor charging without radiation hazard also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Assignee: Pacific Nuclear Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Linton W. Lang, Robert L. Stetson
  • Process of operating a nuclear reactor to minimize production of U-232
    Patent number: 4362691
    Abstract: The production of a novel nuclear fuel, utilizing uranium 233 low in uranium 232 content in combination with other nuclear materials is made possible by utilization of an equally novel reactor configuration and method of operation. Uranium 233 is produced from thorium in a light water reactor (LWR) while utilizing discrete separation of the thorium being irradiated from the fissile fuel. This uranium 233 is then incorporated directly as fissile isotope enrichment into a new nuclear fuel which may be done without encountering the usual difficulties and hazards in the handling of uranium 233 or the expense and delays associated with gaseous diffusion enrichment. Thorium from this process may be directly reprocessed for reactor charging without radiation hazard also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Pacific Nuclear Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Linton W. Lang, Robert L. Stetson