US Patent Issued to Tokamak Energy on July 7 for "Repairing a surface of a divertor or first wall in a tokamak via deposit of refractory metal while maintaining a vacuum" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,244, issued on July 7, was assigned to Tokamak Energy Ltd (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Repairing a surface of a divertor or first wall in a tokamak via deposit of refractory metal while maintaining a vacuum" was invented by Robert Bamber (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Mike Jackson (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of repairing a divertor or first wall surface in a tokamak plasma vessel. The divertor or first wall surface comprises a refractory metal having a melting point of at least 2000deg C. A pressure of less than 25 mbar is maintained within the plasma vessel following the end of operation of the plas...