US Patent Issued to BWXT Isotope Technology Group on Sept. 30 for "Irradiation targets for the production of radioisotopes" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,254, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BWXT Isotope Technology Group Inc. (Lynchburg, Va.).

"Irradiation targets for the production of radioisotopes" was invented by Evan Thomas Logue (Lynchburg, Va.) and Andrew Cary Whitten (Lynchburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irradiation target for the production of radioisotopes comprises a plurality of plates having aligned central openings. First and second elongated central members extend in opposite directions through the aligned central openings of the plates. The first and second elongated central members each have a pair of wings at first and second ends of the plurality of ...