US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on June 10 for "Decontamination paste consisting of clays and microfibers and method for decontaminating a solid material using said paste" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,842, issued on June 10, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Decontamination paste consisting of clays and microfibers and method for decontaminating a solid material using said paste" was invented by Alban Gossard (Avignon, France), Mohamed Nidal Ben Abdelouahab (Bagnols sur Ceze, France) and Philippe Coussot (Ozoir-la-Ferriere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decontamination paste comprising at least one inorganic viscosifier selected from clays, at least one compound in the form of fibers and optionally further one or more optional components, the remainder being of solve...