Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha /Toshiba, aka Toshiba Corporation
  • SiC matrix fuel cladding tube with spark plasma sintered end plugs
    Patent number: 9455053
    Abstract: A method of providing an end-capped tubular ceramic composite for containing nuclear fuel (34) in a nuclear reactor involves the steps of providing a tubular ceramic composite (40), providing at least one end plug (14, 46, 48), applying (42) the at least one end plug material to the ends of the tubular ceramic composite, applying electrodes to the end plug and tubular ceramic composite and applying current in a plasma sintering means (10, 50) to provide a hermetically sealed tube (52). The invention also provides a sealed tube made by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA AKA Toshiba Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Xu, Edward J. Lahoda, Lars Hallstadius, Joon Hyung Choi, Shinichi Higuchi, Fumihisa Kano
  • SIC MATRIX FUEL CLADDING TUBE WITH SPARK PLASMA SINTERED END PLUGS
    Publication number: 20150078505
    Abstract: A method of providing an end-capped tubular ceramic composite for containing nuclear fuel (34) in a nuclear reactor involves the steps of providing a tubular ceramic composite (40), providing at least one end plug (14, 46, 48), applying (42) the at least one end plug material to the ends of the tubular ceramic composite, applying electrodes to the end plug and tubular ceramic composite and applying current in a plasma sintering means (10, 50) to provide a hermetically sealed tube (52). The invention also provides a sealed tube made by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha /Toshiba, aka Toshiba Corporation, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: PENG XU, Edward J. Lahoda, Lars Hallstadius, Joon Hyung Choi, Shinichi Higuchi, Fumisha Kano