Patents by Inventor Joseph Santucci

Joseph Santucci 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).

  • Reactivity control of nuclear fuel pellets by volumetric redistribution of fissile, fertile and burnable poison material
    Patent number: 4668468
    Abstract: A fuel pellet for a nuclear core fuel rod for use in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly having a predetermined radial distribution of burnable poison, fertile, and fissile nuclear material to provide the desired control of reactivity of the fuel pellet with the minimum amount of burnable poison material and to provide control of the nuclear reactivity of the fuel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Santucci