US Patent Issued to Battelle Savannah River Alliance, Clemson University on Sept. 9 for "Nanostructured ceramic membranes for hydrogen isotope separation" (South Carolina, Georgia, Idaho, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,072, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Battelle Savannah River Alliance LLC (Aiken, S.C.) and Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.).

"Nanostructured ceramic membranes for hydrogen isotope separation" was invented by Jake W. Amoroso (Aiken, S.C.), Kyle S. Brinkman (Clemson, S.C.), Jianhua Tong (Greenville, S.C.), Jun Gao (Richland, Wash.), Yuqing Meng (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and James M. Becnel (Augusta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems directed to the separation of a heavy hydrogen isotope, e.g., tritium, from an aqueous stream are described. The methods and systems incorporate a separation media that includes a pro...