Patents by Inventor JAVIER E. ROMERO

JAVIER E. ROMERO 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).

  • HIGH TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR FUEL SYSTEM FOR THERMAL NEUTRON REACTORS
    Publication number: 20190139654
    Abstract: An improved, accident tolerant fuel for use in light water and heavy water reactors is described. The fuel includes a zirconium alloy cladding having a chromium or chromium alloy coating and an optional interlayer of molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, and niobium between the zirconium alloy cladding and the coating, and fuel pellets formed from U3Si2 or UN and from 100 to 10000 ppm of a boron-containing integral fuel burnable absorber, such as UB2 or ZrB2, either intermixed within the fuel pellet or coated over the surface of the fuel pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: EDWARD J. LAHODA, PENG XU, Robert L. Oelrich, JR., FRANK A. BOYLAN, HEMANT SHAH, SUMIT RAY, FAUSTO FRANCESCHINI, JAVIER E. ROMERO, JONATHAN WRIGHT