ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,261, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea) and KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus for detecting nuclear reactor coolant leaks" was invented by Yong Kyun Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Tae Soon Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Hong Pak (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Heon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Sik Cho (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for detecting nuclear reactor coolant leaks that is capable of mai...