Patents by Inventor Nathalie Herlet

Nathalie Herlet 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 for preparing a porous nuclear fuel based on at least one minor actinide
    Patent number: 8632705
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous fuel comprising uranium, optionally plutonium and at least one minor actinide is provided. The method may comprise the following successive steps: a) a step for compacting as pellets a mixture of powders comprising uranium oxide, optionally plutonium oxide and at least one oxide of a minor actinide, at least one portion of the uranium oxide being in the form of triuranium octaoxide U3O8, the other portion being in the form of uranium dioxide UO2; b) a step for reducing at least one portion of the triuranium octaoxide U3O8 into uranium dioxide UO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Aurélien Jankowiak, Nathalie Herlet, Caroline Leorier, Nicolas Astier, Philippe Coste, Barbara Deschamps, Damien Prieur, Philippe Blanchart
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING A POROUS NUCLEAR FUEL BASED ON AT LEAST ONE MINOR ACTINIDE
    Publication number: 20120228788
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a porous fuel comprising uranium, optionally plutonium and at least one minor actinide is provided. The method may comprise the following successive steps: a) a step for compacting as pellets a mixture of powders comprising uranium oxide, optionally plutonium oxide and at least one oxide of a minor actinide, at least one portion of the uranium oxide being in the form of triuranium octaoxide U3O8, the other portion being in the form of uranium dioxide UO2; b) a step for reducing at least one portion of the triuranium octaoxide U3O8 into uranium dioxide UO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat A' L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies
    Inventors: Aurélien Jankowiak, Nathalie Herlet, Caroline Leorier, Nicolas Astier, Philippe Coste, Barbara Deschamps, Damien Prieur, Philippe Blanchart