ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,684, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Energy Inc. (Washington).
"Containment for a nuclear reactor" was invented by Bret Kugelmass (Washington), Mark Blomstrom (Northbridge, Mass.), Phoebe E Lind (Washington), Charles Cole (Washington), Daniel Wesley Theobald (Manchester, Great Britain) and Christopher Buss (Washington).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for containing a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The system includes a nuclear containment structure comprising a plurality of metallic rings stacked axially to form the nuclear containment structure. The nuclear containment structure includes a central chamber that comprises a v...