Patents by Inventor Yutaka Uruma

Yutaka Uruma 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).

  • Patent number: 9824782
    Abstract: A photocatalyst injection system including: a reactor primary system coolant collection section collecting a reactor primary system coolant containing a noble metal or noble metal ion from a reactor primary system; a photocatalyst addition section adding a photocatalyst to the collected reactor primary system coolant; an ultraviolet irradiation section irradiating, with ultraviolet rays, the coolant to which the photocatalyst has been added for producing, in the coolant, a noble metal-carrying photocatalyst in which the noble metal is carried on a surface of the photocatalyst; and a noble metal-carrying photocatalyst injection section injecting the coolant containing the noble metal-carrying photocatalyst into the reactor primary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masato Okamura, Osamu Shibasaki, Koji Negishi, Seiji Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Yutaka Uruma
  • Publication number: 20150243387
    Abstract: A photocatalyst injection system including: a reactor primary system coolant collection section collecting a reactor primary system coolant containing a noble metal or noble metal ion from a reactor primary system; a photocatalyst addition section adding a photocatalyst to the collected reactor primary system coolant; an ultraviolet irradiation section irradiating, with ultraviolet rays, the coolant to which the photocatalyst has been added for producing, in the coolant, a noble metal-carrying photocatalyst in which the noble metal is carried on a surface of the photocatalyst; and a noble metal-carrying photocatalyst injection section injecting the coolant containing the noble metal-carrying photocatalyst into the reactor primary system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masato Okamura, Osamu Shibasaki, Koji Negishi, Seiji Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Yutaka Uruma
  • Patent number: 9093185
    Abstract: A radioactive substance is effectively suppressed by an oxide-film removal step of removing an oxide film on a metallic material surface with which a coolant containing the radioactive substance comes in contact, and a titanium-oxide deposition step of depositing a titanium oxide on the metallic material surface after the oxide film has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yumi Yaita, Teruki Fukumatsu, Hiromi Aoi, Yutaka Uruma
  • Patent number: 8798225
    Abstract: A radiation exposure reduction method includes the steps of: injecting iron into a coolant which flows from the reactor cooling system to the reactor core in a nuclear power plant; and ferritizing and fixing radionuclides or parent nuclides thereof, which are contained in the coolant, on the surface of a reactor core structure, wherein an iron citrate which is soluble organic iron, or iron oxalate or iron fumarate which has a particle diameter of 3 ?m or less, is used as the iron to be injected into the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yumi Yaita, Seiji Yamamoto, Hajime Hirasawa, Yutaka Uruma
  • Publication number: 20120069949
    Abstract: A radioactive substance is effectively suppressed by an oxide-film removal step of removing an oxide film on a metallic material surface with which a coolant containing the radioactive substance comes in contact, and a titanium-oxide deposition step of depositing a titanium oxide on the metallic material surface after the oxide film has been removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yumi Yaita, Teruki Fukumatsu, Hiromi Aoi, Yutaka Uruma
  • Publication number: 20110211663
    Abstract: A radiation exposure reduction method includes the steps of: injecting iron into a coolant which flows from the reactor cooling system to the reactor core in a nuclear power plant; and ferritizing and fixing radionuclides or parent nuclides thereof, which are contained in the coolant, on the surface of a reactor core structure, wherein an iron citrate which is soluble organic iron, or iron oxalate or iron fumarate which has a particle diameter of 3 ?m or less, is used as the iron to be injected into the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yumi Yaita, Seiji Yamamoto, Hajime Hirasawa, Yutaka Uruma
  • Publication number: 20110122986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for suppressing adhesion of a radioactive substance, capable of suppressing adhesion of the radioactive substance onto the surface of a metallic material forming a structural member in a nuclear plant. On the surface of the metallic material forming the structural member in a nuclear power generation plant, e.g., a surface 32A of a pipe 32, an adhesion-suppressing substance 34 containing titanium oxide as a titanium compound is disposed, and a part on which the adhesion-suppressing substance 34 has been formed, is held at 80° C. or higher. The adhesion-suppressing substance 34 is formed on the surface 32A of the pipe 32 by spraying a solution or a suspension liquid of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Seiji Yamamoto, Masami Enda, Hiromi Aoi, Yutaka Uruma
  • Patent number: 7027549
    Abstract: Migration of radioactive materials from a pressure vessel to a steam system in a nuclear power plant is suppressed by using a dryer (3) provided with corrugated plates (22) having surfaces coated with an inorganic ion-exchange material stable under a condition in which high-temperature water exist, such as TiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yukio Hemmi, Shuji Seki, Yutaka Uruma, Minoru Kobayashi, Fumihiko Ishibashi, Ichiro Inami, Takao Baba
  • Publication number: 20020057755
    Abstract: Migration of radioactive materials from a pressure vessel to a steam system in a nuclear power plant is suppressed by using a dryer (3) provided with corrugated plates (22) having surfaces coated with an inorganic ion-exchange material stable under a condition in which high-temperature water exist, such as TiO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Yukio Hemmi, Shuji Seki, Yutaka Uruma, Minoru Kobayashi, Fumihiko Ishibashi, Ichiro Inami, Takao Baba