US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on Jan. 13 for "Method of forming a unitary nuclear fuel segment by heat bonding a thermally conductive layer deposited on a first fuel layer to a thermally conductive layer deposited on a second fuel layer" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,368, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Method of forming a unitary nuclear fuel segment by heat bonding a thermally conductive layer deposited on a first fuel layer to a thermally conductive layer deposited on a second fuel layer" was invented by Edward J. Lahoda (Edgewood, Pa.), Clinton B. Armstrong (Slippery Rock, Pa.) and Lyman J. Petrosky (Latrobe, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed. The method comprises depositing a thermally conductive layer onto at least a portion of at least one surface of a first nuclear fuel layer; depositing a thermally conduc...