US Patent Issued to BWXT Nuclear Energy on Jan. 20 for "Carbide-based fuel assembly for thermal propulsion applications" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,166, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BWXT Nuclear Energy Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Carbide-based fuel assembly for thermal propulsion applications" was invented by Eric A. Barringer (Rustburg, Va.), Russell R. Jensen (Lynchburg, Va.), Jeremy L. Gustafson (Lynchburg, Va.), Matt Ales (Puyallup, Wash.), Joshua J. Bergman (Valensole, France), Ryan T. Swanson (Lynchburg, Va.), Jonathan K. Witter (Forest, Va.), Danny Galicki (Knoxville, Tenn.), James B. Inman (Forest, Va.), Matt Krecicki (Winter Park, Fla.) and Roger Ridgeway (Hurt, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Carbide-based fuel assembly includes outer structural member of ceramic...