Patents by Inventor Joseph W. Kormuth

Joseph W. Kormuth 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).

  • Pressurized water reactor shutdown method
    Patent number: 6944254
    Abstract: A reactor coolant system of a pressurized water nuclear reactor with fuel assemblies in the core is simultaneously shutdown and decontaminated in less than 90 hours after the shutdown is initiated. A LOMI or Can-Derem decontamination reagent is added to reactor coolant to reduce iron and nickel in oxidized coatings before removing dissolved hydrogen and reducing the gamma emitting activity of the reactor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC
    Inventors: Joseph W. Kormuth, William A. Byers, Richard D. Reid, George P. Sabol