US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN on May 19 for "Method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,426, issued on May 19, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted" was invented by Manfred Lindner (Heidelberg, Germany), Christian Buck (Heidelberg, Germany), Janina Hakenmuller (Heidelberg, Germany), Gerd Heusser (Gaiberg, Germany), Werner Maneschg (Heidelberg, Germany) and Herbert Strecker (Hoffenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted comprising measuring a number of gam...