US Patent Issued to LOKI MMR on July 29 for "Automatic shutdown controller for nuclear reactor system with control drums" (American, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,468, issued on July 29, was assigned to LOKI MMR INC. (New York).

"Automatic shutdown controller for nuclear reactor system with control drums" was invented by Paolo Francesco Venneri (Seattle), Michael John Eades (Seattle) and Dirk Uys (Centurion, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear reactor system includes a nuclear reactor core disposed in a pressure vessel. Nuclear reactor system further includes control drums disposed longitudinally within the pressure vessel and laterally surrounding fuel elements and at least one moderator element of the nuclear reactor core to control reactivity. Each of the control drums inc...