Inventor · Daejeon, KR

Kun-Woo Song

23Patents
4h-index
33Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 17, 1997 → May 12, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6251310A Method of manufacturing a nuclear fuel pellet by recycling an irradiated oxide fuel pellet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US8268204B2 Method for manufacturing sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet without surface grinding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US6251309A Method of manufacturing large-grained uranium dioxide fuel pellets containing U3O8 Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5882552A Method for recycling fuel scrap into manufacture of nuclear fuel pellets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US9190179B2 Method of controlling solubility of additives at and near grain boundaries, and method of manufacturing sintered nuclear fuel pellet having large grain size using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8557148B2 Method for fabricating sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet through rod-inserted sintering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8585939B2 Method for preparing sintered annular nuclear fuel pellet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7968818B2 Apparatus and method for welding strap connections between inner grid straps of spacer grid using laser tool, and spacer grid manufactured using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8449795B2 Method of manufacturing sinter-active U3O8 powder and method of producing nuclear fuel pellets utilizing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8085895B2 Spacer grid spring for increasing the conformal contact area with fuel rod Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8989340B2 Uranium dioxide nuclear fuel containing Mn and Al as additives and method of fabricating the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7485246B2 Fabrication method of sintered duplex nuclear fuel pellet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US8520795B2 Intermediate end plug assembly for segmented fuel rod and segmented fuel rod having the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8275088B2 Perforated plate support for dual-cooled segmented fuel rod Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9136025B2 Dual-cooled fuel rod's spacer grids with upper and lower cross-wavy-shape dimple Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7094608B2 Method for measuring lanthanide content dissolved in uranium oxide Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US12020758B2 Nonvolatile memory device, storage device including nonvolatile memory device, and operating method of storage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US6881376B2 Nuclear fuel body including tungsten network and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US8693612B2 Unit spacer grid strap, unit spacer grid, and spacer grid for nuclear fuel rods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8891724B2 Dual-cooled nuclear fuel rod having annular plugs and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8879684B2 Truss-reinforced spacer grid and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9421740B2 Zirconium alloy for improving resistance to oxidation at very high temperature and fabrication method thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8885790B2 Reverse conical lower end plug for an annular nuclear fuel rod Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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