US Patent Issued to LOKI MMR on March 31 for "Radiation shielding for compact and transportable nuclear power systems" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,324, issued on March 31, was assigned to LOKI MMR INC. (New York).

"Radiation shielding for compact and transportable nuclear power systems" was invented by Paolo Francesco Venneri (Seattle), Michael John Eades (Seattle) and Vishal Patel (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile reactor radiation shielding solution prevents activation of structural materials to reduce a radiation dosage risk to living organisms and accelerates timetables for transport. The shielding solution can include: in-vessel neutron shield, in-vessel shadow shield, transport shield, and module shadow shield. In-vessel neutron shield reduces and prevents...