US Patent Issued to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas on Sept. 29 for "Nuclear modular isolated reactor support system assembly and modules" (Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,587, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, N.C.).

"Nuclear modular isolated reactor support system assembly and modules" was invented by Jay Allen Perry (Westpoint, Tenn.), Edward Sang Koon Han (Leland, N.C.), John W. Holbrook II (Wilmington, N.C.), Nathan John Presley (Cookeville, Tenn.), Tobias E. Greider (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Daniel LeRoy Pierce (Hampstead, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor support assembly for a nuclear plant includes a cylindrical reactor support structure configured to structurally support a reactor enclosure system on seismic isolators, a colle...