Patents by Inventor Frank S. Moore, Jr.

Frank S. Moore, Jr. 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).

  • Non-destructive testing of nuclear fuel rods
    Patent number: 5108692
    Abstract: Both gadolinia nuclear fuel rods and urania fuel rods are non-destructively tested to determine the enrichment concentration of the fuel pellets therein by serially conveying the gadolinia rods and the urania rod along separate test channels through an active scanner where they are irradiated from a common neutron souce, and the neutron-induced gamma ray emissions are counted as a measure of the enrichment concentrations at a multiplicity of points distributed along the rod length. The enrichment counts are corrected for background radiation, variations in fuel density, and, in the case of gadolinia rods, for gadolinia content by passing these rods through a magnetometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fred C. Schoenig, Bruce J. Kaiser, Carl P. Ruiz, Frank S. Moore, Jr.
  • Non-destructive testing of nuclear fuel rods
    Patent number: 4902467
    Abstract: Both gadolinia nuclear fuel rods and urania fuel rods are non-destructively tested to determine the enrichment concentration of the fuel pellets therein by serially conveying the gadolinia rods and the urania rod along separate test channels through an active scanner where they are irradiated from a common neutron source, and the neutron-induced gamma ray emissions are counted as a measure of the enrichment concentrations at a multiplicity of points distributed along the rod length. The enrichment counts are corrected for background radiation, variations in fuel density, and, in the case of gadolinia rods, for gadolinia content by passing these rods through a magnetometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fred C. Schoenig, Bruce J. Kaiser, Carl P. Ruiz, Frank S. Moore, Jr.