US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on May 19 for "Channel boxes for a boiling water reactor and methods of manufacture thereof" (Pennsylvania, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,425, issued on May 19, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Channel boxes for a boiling water reactor and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Michael Sivack (Murrysville, Pa.), Peng Xu (Columbia, S.C.) and Edward J. Lahoda (Edgewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A BWR channel box comprises a substrate, a first layer, and a second layer. The substrate comprises silicon carbide fibers. The first layer is deposited on a first surface of the substrate. The second layer is deposited on an opposite second surface of the substrate. Each layer comprises a corrosion resistant metallic comp...