ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,645, issued on May 27, was assigned to Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd. (Derby, Great Britain).
"Containment system" was invented by Philip Ellingham (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a containment system for a nuclear plant, the containment system comprising a pressure vessel defining a containment space for containing nuclear plant structures, a working floor extending from within the containment space to outside the pressure vessel, an access opening in the pressure vessel for providing access from the working floor outside the pressure vessel to the working floor in the containment space, and an access d...