ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,452, issued on April 21, was assigned to TerraPower LLC (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Corrosion-resistant coolant salt and method for making same" was invented by Brian C. Kelleher (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes a method for reducing the corrosivity of certain magnesium salts. The salt product resulting from the method exhibits reduced corrosion of steels that come into contact with the salt relative to salt compositions that are not so treated. This makes such treated salts more efficient coolant salts as they will require less equipment replacement over time. The method uses magnesium metal to reduce unwante...