Patents by Inventor Walter Comper

Walter Comper 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).

  • Dissolver for removing nuclear fuel materials from fuel element segments
    Patent number: 4246238
    Abstract: A dissolver for dissolving nuclear fuel materials out of fuel element segments during reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuels, the dissolver being made of a material which is a neutron absorber and being composed of a dissolving vessel and a dissolving basket disposed in the vessel to receive such fuel element segments and to permit flow of dissolving fluid therethrough, with the basket being divided into a plurality of individual sections or compartments so as to prevent establishment of a critical state in the dissolver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Goldacker, Gunter Koch, Helmut Schmieder, Ernst Warnecke, Walter Comper