Patents by Inventor Robert E. Lacko

Robert E. Lacko 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: 4462958
    Abstract: A fuel assembly for a liquid metal fast breeder reactor having an upper axial blanket region disposed in a plurality of zones within the fuel assembly. The characterization of a zone is dependent on the height of the axial blanket region with respect to the active fuel region. The net effect of having a plurality of zones is to establish a dispersal flow path for the molten materials resulting during a core meltdown accident. Upward flowing molten material can escape from the core region and/or fuel assembly without solidifying on the surface of fuel rods due to the heat sink represented by blanket region pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Robert E. Lacko, Roger W. Tilbrook