Patents by Inventor N. Barrie McLeod

N. Barrie McLeod 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).

  • Method of efficiently storing spent nuclear fuel rods in a cylindrical container
    Patent number: 4908515
    Abstract: The spent fuel rods from a fuel assembly having the cross section of a square are consolidated in first cans having the same cross section and in second cans having the cross section of rectangle equal to one half of the square. The first and second cans are inserted in a cylindrical shipping or storage cask having the cross section of a circle, the number and portion of each of the first and second cans being selected to produce the maximum geometric or occupancy efficiency of equivalent squares circumscribable by the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: NUS Corporation
    Inventor: N. Barrie McLeod