US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites on May 5 for "Cladding and assembly for nuclear applications" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,500, issued on May 5, was assigned to Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc. (Cypress, Calif.).

"Cladding and assembly for nuclear applications" was invented by Sujit Nanda (Cypress, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for nuclear applications includes a tubular cladding for containing nuclear fuel. The tubular cladding comprises a ceramic matrix composite. An assembly tube surrounds the tubular cladding, and a collar is positioned between the tubular cladding and the assembly tube. The collar extends circumferentially around the cladding and comprises the ceramic matrix composite. The tubular cladding may be center...