Patents by Inventor Charles Adelbert Mol

Charles Adelbert Mol 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).

  • Method of providing a nuclear fuel and a fuel element provided by such a method
    Patent number: 7978808
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel element including a uranium-molybdenum alloy that provides an enhanced reactivity in research, test and radioisotope production nuclear reactors. In this uranium-molybdenum alloy, the uranium is enriched in the isotope 235-U, while the molybdenum is depleted in the isotope 95-Mo. The thus obtained enhanced reactivity provides, depending on the exact use of the fuel element, a requirement for less uranium in the fuel and the use of the fuel elements during a longer period in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Urenco Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Adelbert Mol, Klaas Bakker
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING A NUCLEAR FUEL AND A FUEL ELEMENT PROVIDED BY SUCH A METHOD
    Publication number: 20110150166
    Abstract: A nuclear fuel element including a uranium-molybdenum alloy that provides an enhanced reactivity in research, test and radioisotope production nuclear reactors. In this uranium-molybdenum alloy, the uranium is enriched in the isotope 235-U, while the molybdenum is depleted in the isotope 95-Mo. The thus obtained enhanced reactivity provides, depending on the exact use of the fuel element, a requirement for less uranium in the fuel and the use of the fuel elements during a longer period in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Urenco Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Adelbert Mol, Klaas Bakker
  • Method of providing a nuclear fuel and a fuel element provided by such a method
    Patent number: 7187744
    Abstract: A method for providing a nuclear fuel includes forming a uranium-molybdenum alloy that provides an enhanced reactivity in research, test and radioisotope production nuclear reactors. In this uranium-molybdenum alloy, the uranium is enriched in the isotope 235-U, while the molybdenum is depleted in the isotope 95-Mo. The thus obtained enhanced reactivity can have at least two advantages, depending on the exact use of the fuel element: a requirement for less uranium in the fuel and the use of the fuel elements during a longer period in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Urenco Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Adelbert Mol, Klaas Bakker
  • Method of providing a nuclear fuel and a fuel element provided by such a method
    Publication number: 20030223530
    Abstract: A method for providing a nuclear fuel includes forming a uranium-molybdenum alloy that provides an enhanced reactivity in research, test and radioisotope production nuclear reactors. In this uranium-molybdenum alloy, the uranium is enriched in the isotope 235-U, while the molybdenum is depleted in the isotope 95-Mo. The thus obtained enhanced reactivity can have at least two advantages, depending on the exact use of the fuel element: a requirement for less uranium in the fuel and the use of the fuel elements during a longer period in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Urenco Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Adelbert Mol, Klaas Bakker
  • Method for altering the ratio of isotopes of the metal of a metal alkyl
    Patent number: 6140522
    Abstract: A method for altering the ratio of isotopes of the metal of a metal alkyl, in that an amount of depleted or enriched metal alkyl in preferably liquid form is contacted with an amount of the metal of the metal alkyl or an alloy of that metal and is held in contact for some time. Preferably, particulate metal or alloy is used, and the metal alkyl and the metal or the alloy are contacted and held in contact at a temperature above room temperature. The metal alkyl and/or the metal or alloy can be moved while being held in contact. The method is applicable in particular to diethylzinc and zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Urenco Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Adelbert Mol, Maarten van Wijnkoop