US Patent Issued to KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE on June 23 for "Neutron absorber synthesis system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,384, issued on June 23, was assigned to KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Neutron absorber synthesis system" was invented by Kirak Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hwan Seo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), JungHoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun Woo Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neutron absorber synthesis system that can synthesize boron carbide that is a raw material for a neutron absorber, by recycling boron (B-10) of a mass number 10 that can absorb boron, particularly neutrons existing in boric acid waste fluid, is provided. The neutron absorber synthesis system includes: a...