US Patent Issued to Muons on June 23 for "Continuous removal of fission products from molten-salt fueled nuclear reactors" (Virginia, Illinois, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,099, issued on June 23, was assigned to Muons Inc. (Batavia, Ill.).

"Continuous removal of fission products from molten-salt fueled nuclear reactors" was invented by Rolland Paul Johnson (Newport News, Va.), Thomas J. Roberts (Batavia, Ill.), Bruce Kevin McNamara (Kennewick, Wash.) and Robert Bruce Vogelaar (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example for continuous removal of fission products from a molten-salt fueled nuclear reactor enclosed in a reactor containment may include separating actinides from other fission products flowing out of the reactor, returning the separated actinides back to the reactor to be consu...