Patents by Inventor Robert R. Bodner

Robert R. Bodner 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).

  • Nuclear fuel bundle containing thorium and nuclear reactor comprising same
    Patent number: 11276502
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are disclosed, and in some embodiments include a first fuel element including thorium dioxide; a second fuel element including uranium having a first fissile content; and a third fuel element including uranium having a second fissile content different from the first fissile content. Nuclear reactors using such fuel bundles are also disclosed, including pressurized heavy water nuclear reactors. The uranium having the different fissile contents can include combinations of natural uranium, depleted uranium, recycled uranium, slightly enriched uranium, and low enriched uranium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner, Holly Bruce Hamilton, Bronwyn H. Hyland, Benoit Arsenault
  • Nuclear fuel containing a neutron absorber
    Patent number: 10176898
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are described and illustrated, and in some cases include fuel elements each having a fissile content of 235U between about 0.9 wt % 235U and 5.0 wt % 235U, and wherein at least one of the fuel elements is a poisoned low-enriched uranium fuel element including a neutron poison in a concentration greater than about 5.0 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner
  • NUCLEAR FUEL BUNDLE CONTAINING THORIUM AND NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20180240557
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are disclosed, and in some embodiments include a first fuel element including thorium dioxide; a second fuel element including uranium having a first fissile content; and a third fuel element including uranium having a second fissile content different from the first fissile content. Nuclear reactors using such fuel bundles are also disclosed, including pressurized heavy water nuclear reactors. The uranium having the different fissile contents can include combinations of natural uranium, depleted uranium, recycled uranium, slightly enriched uranium, and low enriched uranium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner, Holly Bruce Hamilton, Bronwyn H. Hyland, Benoit Arsenault
  • Nuclear fuel bundle containing thorium and nuclear reactor comprising same
    Patent number: 9799414
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are disclosed, and in some embodiments include a first fuel element including thorium dioxide; a second fuel element including uranium having a first fissile content; and a third fuel element including uranium having a second fissile content different from the first fissile content. Nuclear reactors using such fuel bundles are also disclosed, including pressurized heavy water nuclear reactors. The uranium having the different fissile contents can include combinations of natural uranium, depleted uranium, recycled uranium, slightly enriched uranium, and low enriched uranium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner, Holly Bruce Hamilton, Bronwyn H. Hyland, Benoit Arsenault
  • NUCLEAR FUEL CONTAINING A NEUTRON ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20130301780
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are described and illustrated, and in some cases include fuel elements each having a fissile content of 235U between about 0.9 wt % 235U and 5.0 wt % 235U, and wherein at least one of the fuel elements is a poisoned low-enriched uranium fuel element including a neutron poison in a concentration greater than about 5.0 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner
  • NUCLEAR FUEL BUNDLE CONTAINING THORIUM AND NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20130202076
    Abstract: Fuel bundles for a nuclear reactor are disclosed, and in some embodiments include a first fuel element including thorium dioxide; a second fuel element including uranium having a first fissile content; and a third fuel element including uranium having a second fissile content different from the first fissile content. Nuclear reactors using such fuel bundles are also disclosed, including pressurized heavy water nuclear reactors. The uranium having the different fissile contents can include combinations of natural uranium, depleted uranium, recycled uranium, slightly enriched uranium, and low enriched uranium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Mustapha Boubcher, Sermet Kuran, Cathy Cottrell, Robert R. Bodner, Holly Bruce Hamilton, Bronwyn H. Hyland, Benoit Arsenault