US Patent Issued to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas on Oct. 28 for "Coolant cleanup and heat-sinking systems and methods of operating the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,556, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, N.C.).

"Coolant cleanup and heat-sinking systems and methods of operating the same" was invented by Derek Bass (Wilmington, N.C.) and Christer N. Dahlgren (Wilmington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combined cleanup and heat sink systems work with nuclear reactor coolant loops. Combined systems may join hotter and colder sections of the coolant loops in parallel with any steam generator or other extractor and provide optional heat removal between the same. Combined systems also remove impurities or debris from a fluid coolant without sign...