Patents Assigned to BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
  • Defective fuel bundle location system
    Patent number: 11783955
    Abstract: A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor having a fueling machine, including a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received within both the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor, and a test container defining an internal volume, wherein the test container is configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Onderwater
  • Defective fuel bundle location system
    Patent number: 11424043
    Abstract: A defective fuel bundle location system for use with a heavy water moderated nuclear fission reactor having a fueling machine, including a test tool defining an internal volume, the test tool being configured to be received within both the fueling machine and a corresponding fuel channel of the reactor, and a test container defining an internal volume, wherein the test container is configured to be received within the internal volume of the test tool and the internal volume of the test container is configured to receive primary fluid from the reactor when the test tool is disposed within the corresponding fuel channel of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Onderwater