US Patent Issued to Abilene Christian University on Aug. 11 for "Separation of fission products in a molten salt reactor via adsorbent frameworks" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,225, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas).

"Separation of fission products in a molten salt reactor via adsorbent frameworks" was invented by Kim Pamplin (Abilene, Texas), Diego Zometa (Abilene, Texas), Victoriano Cooper (Abilene, Texas) and Thomas Hamilton (Abilene, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extraction system includes an absorbent framework configured to withstand the harsh environment of a molten salt reactor system and capture fission products found in the molten salt of such systems. The extraction system further includes means for removing the absorbent framework from the...