Patents by Inventor Alain Le Duigou

Alain Le Duigou 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).

  • Installation for very long term storage of heat-generating products such as nuclear waste
    Patent number: 6802671
    Abstract: A very long term storage installation for calorific products such as nuclear waste, comprises at least one closed cavity (10), in which at least one product confinement container is housed (14). To evacuate the heat released by the stored products, each container (14) is surrounded by a jacket (26) associated with a thermosiphon (24) whose cold source is formed of an air condenser provided above a slab (20) sealing the top part of the cavity. The jacket (26) is preferably interchangeable and tightly surrounds the container (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Michel Badie, Daniel Iracane, Alain Le Duigou, Jacques Peulve