Patents by Inventor Greg A. Vetterick
Greg A. Vetterick 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).
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Publication number: 20220115150Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Patent number: 11133114Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: TerraPower LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20200365284Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: TerraPower LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20200027581Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: TerraPower, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20200024729Abstract: A process for producing a radiation resistant nanocrystalline material having a polycrystalline microstructure from a starting material selected from metals and metal alloys. The process including depositing the starting material by physical vapor deposition onto a substrate that is maintained at a substrate temperature from about room temperature to about 850° C. to produce the nanocrystalline material. The process may also include heating the nanocrystalline material to a temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. at a rate of temperature increase of from about 2° C./minute to about 30° C./minute; and maintaining the nanocrystalline material at the temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. for a period from about 5 minutes to about 35 minutes. The nanocrystalline materials produced by the above process are also described. The nanocrystalline materials produced by the process are resistant to radiation damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Drexel UniversityInventors: Mitra Lenore Taheri, Greg Vetterick
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Patent number: 10311981Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: TERRAPOWER, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20190066857Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: TerraPower, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Patent number: 10109382Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: TerraPower, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20180233241Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TerraPower, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20180233238Abstract: This disclosure describes various configurations and components for bimetallic and trimetallic claddings for use as a wall element separating nuclear material from an external environment. The cladding materials are suitable for use as cladding for nuclear fuel elements, particularly for fuel elements that will be exposed to sodium or other coolants or environments with a propensity to react with the nuclear fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TerraPower, LLCInventors: Micah J. Hackett, Greg A. Vetterick, Cheng Xu
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Publication number: 20170002456Abstract: A process for producing a radiation resistant nanocrystalline material having a polycrystalline microstructure from a starting material selected from metals and metal alloys. The process including depositing the starting material by physical vapor deposition onto a substrate that is maintained at a substrate temperature from about room temperature to about 850° C. to produce the nanocrystalline material. The process may also include heating the nanocrystalline material to a temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. at a rate of temperature increase of from about 2° C./minute to about 30° C./minute; and maintaining the nanocrystalline material at the temperature of from about 450° C. to about 800° C. for a period from about 5 minutes to about 35 minutes. The nanocrystalline materials produced by the above process are also described. The nanocrystalline materials produced by the process are resistant to radiation damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: Drexel UniversityInventors: Mitra Lenore Taheri, Greg Vetterick