US Patent Issued to KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL on July 21 for "Method for preparing UO 2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing by means of IBC blender, and UO 2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing, prepared thereby" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,944, issued on July 21, was assigned to KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL Co. LTD. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method for preparing UO 2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing by means of IBC blender, and UO 2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing, prepared thereby" was invented by Bohyun Jo (Daejeon, South Korea), Hui Sung Choi (Sejong, South Korea), Dong Hyun Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hwan Son (Daejeon, South Korea) and Junseok Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a UO2 mixture powder for nuclear fuel manufacturing, comprises the steps of: (a) weighing and sieving, by means of an automa...