Nicholas Robert Gilman
Engineers at 11 Ave Dr, Westminster, CO
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Colorado 65312
Issued Date
Jul 27, 2009
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Jul 27, 2009
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Engineer Intern
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3243 W 11Th Avenue Dr, Westminster, CO 80020
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Irradiation Target Retention Assemblies For Isotope Delivery Systems
US Patent:
2011005, Mar 3, 2011
Filed:
Aug 25, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/547210
Inventors:
MELISSA ALLEN - Wilmington NC, US
NICHOLAS R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
HEATHER HATTON - Wilmington NC, US
NICHOLAS R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
HEATHER HATTON - Wilmington NC, US
International Classification:
G21G 1/00, G21C 19/00
US Classification:
376202, 376261
Abstract:
Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include assemblies for retention and producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more retention assemblies that contain one or more irradiation targets and are useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery of irradiation targets. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while containing irradiation targets and desired isotopes produced therefrom.
Cable Driven Isotope Delivery System
US Patent:
2011005, Mar 3, 2011
Filed:
Aug 25, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/547249
Inventors:
BRADLEY BLOOMQUIST - Wilmington NC, US
JENNIFER M. BOWIE - Leland NC, US
HEATHER HATTON - Wilmington NC, US
NICHOLAS R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
DAVID GREY SMITH - Leland NC, US
JENNIFER M. BOWIE - Leland NC, US
HEATHER HATTON - Wilmington NC, US
NICHOLAS R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
DAVID GREY SMITH - Leland NC, US
International Classification:
G21C 19/10, G21G 1/00
US Classification:
376202, 376264
Abstract:
Provided is an isotope delivery system and a method for irradiating a target and delivering the target to an extraction point. The isotope delivery system may include a cable including at least one target for irradiation, a drive system configured for moving the cable, and a first guide configured to guide the cable for insertion and extraction from a nuclear reactor. The method for irradiating a target and delivering a target may include pushing a cable with an attached target through a first guide and into a nuclear reactor using a drive system, irradiating the target in the nuclear reactor, pulling the cable with the attached irradiated target towards the drive system, pushing the cable with the irradiated target towards a loading/unloading area using the drive system, and placing the irradiated target into a transfer cask, wherein the cable is pulled and pushed by the drive system.
Irradiation Targets For Isotope Delivery Systems
US Patent:
2011005, Mar 3, 2011
Filed:
Aug 25, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/547282
Inventors:
David Allan RICKARD - Wilmington NC, US
Bradley BLOOMQUIST - Wilmington NC, US
Melissa ALLEN - Wilmington NC, US
Nicholas R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
Jennifer M. BOWIE - Leland NC, US
Bradley BLOOMQUIST - Wilmington NC, US
Melissa ALLEN - Wilmington NC, US
Nicholas R. GILMAN - Broomfield CO, US
Jennifer M. BOWIE - Leland NC, US
International Classification:
G21K 5/10, G21G 1/00
US Classification:
376190, 376202
Abstract:
Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include irradiation targets for producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more irradiation targets useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery into instrumentation tubes. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while producing desired isotopes.