ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,097, issued on June 23, was assigned to FRAMATOME (Courbevoie, France).
"Nuclear fuel rod and manufacturing method" was invented by Jeremy Bischoff (Lyons, France) and Dominique Duthoo (Romans-sur-Isere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear fuel rod comprises nuclear fuel contained in a cladding, the cladding comprising a tube and two plugs, the tube extending along a central axis and having two ends, each plug being attached to a corresponding end of the tube by sealing the end of the tube. The tube is covered by a tube coating extending over the entire length of the tube from one end of the tube to the other."
The paten...