Patents by Inventor Fred Jackson

Fred Jackson 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).

  • Shutting down gas cooled nuclear reactors
    Patent number: 4025388
    Abstract: The shutting down of a gas cooled nuclear reactor is effected by causing boron or other neutron poisons to deposit upon and adhere to reactor core surfaces. The introduction of the poison and other necessary substances into the core is achieved by spilling numerous coherent pellets into the core vessel; the pellets containing a substance which changes state at a predetermined temperature resulting in disintegration of the pellets and deposition of their constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels Limited
    Inventor: Fred Jackson