Patents by Inventor Brian Lockamon

Brian Lockamon 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).

  • Nuclear fuel rod cladding including a metal nanomaterial layer
    Patent number: 10102930
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel cladding is provided. The nuclear fuel cladding includes a base cladding; and at least one nanomaterial layer deposited on a surface of the base cladding, the nanomaterial layer having an average grain size of between 5 to 400 nanometers. A method of manufacturing nuclear fuel cladding is also provided. The method includes depositing nanoparticles on a base cladding to form at least one nanomaterial layer, the nanoparticles having an average grain size of between 5 to 400 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Framatome Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, Laurence Lamanna, Garry Garner, Brian Lockamon
  • NUCLEAR FUEL ROD CLADDING INCLUDING A METAL NANOMATERIAL LAYER
    Publication number: 20150131768
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel cladding is provided. The nuclear fuel cladding includes a base cladding; and at least one nanomaterial layer deposited on a surface of the base cladding, the nanomaterial layer having an average grain size of between 5 to 400 nanometers. A method of manufacturing nuclear fuel cladding is also provided. The method includes depositing nanoparticles on a base cladding to form at least one nanomaterial layer, the nanoparticles having an average grain size of between 5 to 400 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: AREVA NP INC.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, Laurence Lamanna, Garry Garner, Brian Lockamon
  • IN-SITU BWR AND PWR CRUD FLAKE ANALYSIS METHOD AND TOOL
    Publication number: 20060227922
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool and collecting CRUD flakes from the CRUD scraping tool. The method also provides for sorting the CRUD flakes into particle fractions, and analyzing the CRUD with a scanning electron microscope, wherein the scraping tool has a blade with a rigidity that is matched to an anticipated CRUD deposit shear strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Mihai Pop, Brian Lockamon, Laurence Lamanna, John Willse
  • Apparatus and method for limiting and analyzing stress corrosion cracking in pressurized water reactors
    Publication number: 20060193425
    Abstract: A method to assess and predict pressurized water stress corrosion cracking in operational nuclear power plants and the effect of adding zinc compounds into a reactor coolant system of the nuclear power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Lockamon, William Allmon, Stephen Fyfitch, John Griffith