Patents by Inventor Masayuki Tojo

Masayuki Tojo 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).

  • Patent number: 8762115
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor fueling plan evaluating system and method in which reactor shutdown margin evaluation are performed quickly and accurately. A fueling procedure formulating part and an input setting part having databases are included. A maximum worth control rod candidate selecting part having a control rod worth calculating means inputs fuel loading and control rod patterns of each fueling act, inputs a relatively simple second physics model, calculates control rod worth from the difference between the degree of subcriticality of a reactor core in a state that all control rods are inserted and the degree of subcriticality of the reactor core in a state that a single control rod is withdrawn for each fueling step, and selects a determined number of maximum worth control rod candidates. A reactor shutdown margin calculating part inputs a subdivided first physics model and calculates reactor shutdown margin for each maximum worth control rod candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel—Japan Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Teppei Yamana, Masayuki Tojo, Hitoshi Sato, Tatsuya Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20110224966
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor fueling plan evaluating system and method in which reactor shutdown margin evaluation are performed quickly and accurately. A fueling procedure formulating part and an input setting part having databases are included. A maximum worth control rod candidate selecting part having a control rod worth calculating means which inputs fuel loading and control rod patterns of each fueling act, inputs a relatively simple second physics model, calculates control rod worth from the difference between the degree of subcriticality of a reactor core in a state that all control rods are inserted and the degree of subcriticality of the reactor core in a state that a single control rod is withdrawn for each fueling step, and selects a determined number of maximum worth control rod candidates. A reactor shutdown margin calculating part inputs a subdivided first physics model and calculates reactor shutdown margin for each maximum worth control rod candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Yamana, Masayuki Tojo, Hitoshi Sato, Tatsuya Iwamoto