US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on March 25 for "Method of protecting radioactive waste from reaching criticality by using a controller that when contacted by water provides borates that absorb neutrons" (New Mexico Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,966, issued on March 25, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Method of protecting radioactive waste from reaching criticality by using a controller that when contacted by water provides borates that absorb neutrons" was invented by Yongliang Xiong (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container holds radioactive material. A sub-criticality controller protects the radioactive material from reaching a criticality from contact with the water. The sub-criticality controller includes a metallic composition having at least one metal component and at least one borate...