US Patent Issued to Deep Fission on Nov. 11 for "Heat exchanger in a borehole receives heat through a rock formation from another borehole which includes a nuclear reactor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,612, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Deep Fission Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Heat exchanger in a borehole receives heat through a rock formation from another borehole which includes a nuclear reactor" was invented by Richard A. Muller (Berkeley, Calif.) and Elizabeth Muller (Berkley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear reactor system includes a first drillhole extending from a terranean surface through one or more subterranean formations. A reactor core is positioned in the first drillhole, and includes at least one nuclear fuel element. A primary coolant system is configured to transport a primary fluid coolant through...