US Patent Issued to Holtec International on Aug. 26 for "High-density subterranean storage system for nuclear fuel and radioactive waste" (Florida, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,768, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Holtec International.

"High-density subterranean storage system for nuclear fuel and radioactive waste" was invented by Krishna P. Singh (Jupiter, Fla.) and Stephen J. Agace (Middletown, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passively cooled stackable nuclear waste storage system includes an at least partially below grade cavity enclosure container (CEC) and above grade cask. Each vessel includes a cavity holding a nuclear waste canister containing spent nuclear fuel or other high-level radioactive wastes. The CEC is founded on a below grade concrete base pad and cask is mounted on an above-gra...