ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,482, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NuScale Power LLC (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Small modular nuclear reactor integrated energy systems for energy production and green industrial applications" was invented by Francis Tsang (Bellingham, Wash.) and Jose N. Reyes Jr. (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated energy systems, such as for use in green industrial processes that produce few or no carbon emissions, and associated devices and methods are described herein. A representative integrated energy system can include a power plant system having multiple modular nuclear reactors. The nuclear reactors can generate steam fo...