Patents by Inventor Seong W. Yang

Seong W. Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20200075182
    Abstract: Provided are a nuclear fuel rod for fast reactors that includes a metallic fuel slug coated with a protective coating layer and a fabrication method thereof. The nuclear fuel rod for fast reactors that includes a surface treated metallic fuel slug and a cladding tube according to the present invention has an excellent effect of stabilizing components of the metallic fuel slug and fission products or impurities, because the interdiffusion between the metallic fuel slug and the cladding tube does not occur. Also, since the uniform coating on the surface of the metallic fuel slug may be facilitated and fabrication costs may be significantly reduced in comparison to a typical technique of using a functional material for preventing the interdiffusion at an inner surface of the cladding tube, it may be suitable for fabricating the nuclear fuel rod for fast reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Chan Bock Lee, Jun Hwan Kim, Jong-Hyuk Baek, Jin-Sik Cheon, Byoungoon Lee, Ki H. Kim, Sung-Ho Kim, Junehyung Kim, Seok-Jin Oh, Young-Mo Ko, Yoon-Myeong Woo, Seong W. Yang