US Patent Issued to Holtec International on July 7 for "System for compressing steam from a nuclear steam supply system to operate a turbogenerator" (New Jersey, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,248, issued on July 7, was assigned to Holtec International.

"System for compressing steam from a nuclear steam supply system to operate a turbogenerator" was invented by Krishna P. Singh (Jupiter, Fla.) and Indresh Rampall (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation system and related method for repowering a fossil-fueled power plant using a carbon-free nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) which replaces the existing fossil plant steam generator which burns fossil fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas. The existing fossil plant energy conversion system including the turbine-generator (turbogenerator) and auxil...