US Patent Issued to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas on May 12 for "Distributed modular nuclear power plant layout architecture" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,831, issued on May 12, was assigned to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, N.C.).

"Distributed modular nuclear power plant layout architecture" was invented by Derek Bass (Wilmington, N.C.), Dennis Henneke (Wilmington, N.C.), Tatjana B. Kirby (Wilmington, N.C.), Luben I. Todorovski (Wilmington, N.C.) and Mark J. Endre (Wilmington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear power plant includes a nuclear structure, a frontline support equipment, and a support structure. The nuclear structure includes, and is configured to protect from incurring damage due to a damaging event, at least one of a nuclear reactor or a nu...