Patents by Inventor Brian C. Hexter

Brian C. Hexter 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).

  • Production of nuclear fuel
    Patent number: 5315624
    Abstract: A process for the production of plutonium-containing mixed oxide nuclear fuel. The process comprises selecting a plutonium-containing solution, determining the plutonium isotopic composition of the solution, precipitating particulate plutonium oxide from the solution, forming a mixture comprising the plutonium oxide and a particulate uranium oxide, and forming nuclear fuel compacts from the mixture. The amount of plutonium in the mixture is controlled in accordance with a given equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels PLC
    Inventors: Kevin W. Hesketh, Brian C. Hexter