ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,885, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Nuclear reactor component having a coating of partially metastable chromium" was invented by Frederic Schuster (St Germain-en-Laye, France), Fernando Lomello (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Francis Maury (Labege, France), Alexandre Michau (Toulouse, France), Raphael Boichot (Domene, France) and Michel Pons (La Tronche, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a nuclear reactor component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an int...