US Patent Issued to BWXT Isotope Technology Group on Oct. 7 for "Irradiation targets for the production of radioisotopes and debundling tool for disassembly thereof" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,895, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BWXT Isotope Technology Group Inc. (Lynchburg, Va.).

"Irradiation targets for the production of radioisotopes and debundling tool for disassembly thereof" was invented by Evan Thomas Logue (Lynchburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irradiation target system having an irradiation target with at least one annular plate defining a central opening and including an elongated body, a flange portion, and a tab portion, wherein the flange portion extends beyond a first end of the plurality of plates, a target debundling tool, having a base plate, a gripper assembly affixed to the base plate, and a...