Patents by Inventor Robert Bodner

Robert Bodner 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).

  • Pressure-tube reactor with pressurized moderator
    Patent number: 10847270
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor can include a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized moderator at a first pressure. The nuclear reactor can also include a plurality of fuel channels for a coolant fluid at a second pressure. The plurality of fuel channels are fluidly connected at inlet ends thereof to a coolant supply conduit and are adapted to receive nuclear fuel bundles and to be mounted within the pressure vessel and surrounded by the moderator. The outlet ends of the fuel channels are fluidly connected to a coolant outlet conduit to enable the coolant fluid to circulate from the coolant supply conduit through the fuel channels to the coolant outlet conduit. The plurality of fuel channels maintain separation between the coolant fluid circulating within the fuel channels and the moderator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited / Energie Atomique du Canada Limitee
    Inventors: Robert Bodner, Jonathan Tyo, Dan Popov, Sermet Kuran
  • PRESSURE-TUBE REACTOR WITH PRESSURISED MODERATOR
    Publication number: 20170316839
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor can include a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized moderator at a first pressure. The nuclear reactor can also include a plurality of fuel channels for a coolant fluid at a second pressure. The plurality of fuel channels are fluidly connected at inlet ends thereof to a coolant supply conduit and are adapted to receive nuclear fuel bundles and to be mounted within the pressure vessel and surrounded by the moderator. The outlet ends of the fuel channels are fluidly connected to a coolant outlet conduit to enable the coolant fluid to circulate from the coolant supply conduit through the fuel channels to the coolant outlet conduit. The plurality of fuel channels maintain separation between the coolant fluid circulating within the fuel channels and the moderator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Bodner, Jonathan Tyo, Dan Popov, Sermet Kuran
  • Pressure-tube reactor with pressurized moderator
    Patent number: 9773572
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor can include a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized moderator at a first pressure. The nuclear reactor can also include a plurality of fuel channels for a coolant fluid at a second pressure. The plurality of fuel channels are fluidly connected at inlet ends thereof to a coolant supply conduit and are adapted to receive nuclear fuel bundles and to be mounted within the pressure vessel and surrounded by the moderator. The outlet ends of the fuel channels are fluidly connected to a coolant outlet conduit to enable the coolant fluid to circulate from the coolant supply conduit through the fuel channels to the coolant outlet conduit. The plurality of fuel channels maintain separation between the coolant fluid circulating within the fuel channels and the moderator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Robert Bodner, Jonathan Tyo, Dan Popov, Sermet Kuran
  • PRESSURE-TUBE REACTOR WITH PRESSURIZED MODERATOR
    Publication number: 20130121452
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor can include a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized moderator at a first pressure. The nuclear reactor can also include a plurality of fuel channels for a coolant fluid at a second pressure. The plurality of fuel channels are fluidly connected at inlet ends thereof to a coolant supply conduit and are adapted to receive nuclear fuel bundles and to be mounted within the pressure vessel and surrounded by the moderator. The outlet ends of the fuel channels are fluidly connected to a coolant outlet conduit to enable the coolant fluid to circulate from the coolant supply conduit through the fuel channels to the coolant outlet conduit. The plurality of fuel channels maintain separation between the coolant fluid circulating within the fuel channels and the moderator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED/ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA LIMITÉE
    Inventors: Robert Bodner, Jonathan Tyo, Dan Popov, Sermet Kuran