ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,219, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FRAMATOME (Courbevoie, France).
"Process and installation for the destruction of radioactive sodium" was invented by Dominique Villani (Saint Laurent de Mure, France), Gerard Deprez (Saint Genis Laval, France) and Olivier Doucet (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radioactive sodium destruction facility includes a tank for storing liquid metallic sodium, located at a first level; a reaction vessel containing an aqueous solution; a sodium feed circuit comprising a sodium circulation member located at a second level higher than the first level, the circulation member having a suction in...