ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,469, issued on July 29.
"High level nuclear waste disposal capsule" was invented by Henry Crichlow (Norman, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear waste-capsule may include: an outer shell; an inner tube, located in that outer shell; and one or more spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies (or portions thereof), with particular structure(s) attached thereto, within that inner tube. The particular structure(s) may be one or more spring-loaded receptacles (SLRs), such that each of the one or more SNF assemblies (or portions thereof), within the given inner tube, may have circumferentially attached thereto at least one SLR. Each such...