Patents by Inventor Alain Paziaud

Alain Paziaud 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).

  • Process and apparatus for the detection and prelocalization of a can fracture in a fuel assembly of a fast nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 4172012
    Abstract: Process and apparatus for the detection and prelocalization of a can fracture in a fuel assembly of a fast nuclear reactor.The device comprises at least one detector for the neutrons emitted by the fission products transported in the outflow of cooling agent as the result of the fracture of a can, said detector being immersed within the vessel in the outflow of cooling agent in an area protected from neutrons emitted by the core by the volume of cooling agent and by structures immersed in the annular space between the core and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Alain Paziaud