US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on Jan. 20 for "Nuclear reactor assemblies, nuclear reactor target assemblies, and nuclear reactor methods" (Washington, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,168, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Wash.).

"Nuclear reactor assemblies, nuclear reactor target assemblies, and nuclear reactor methods" was invented by Jeffrey A. Katalenich (Richland, Wash.), Bruce D. Reid (Pasco, Wash.), Robert O. Gates (Kennewick, Wash.), Andrew W. Prichard (Pasco, Wash.), Bruce E. Schmitt (Kennewick, Wash.) and Jim Livingston (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reactor target assemblies are provided that can include a housing defining a perimeter of at least one volume and Np or Am spheres within the one volume. Reactor assemblies are provided that can include a...