ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,229, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET S.A.S. (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
"Thermal power reactor" was invented by Peter Morris (Warrington, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal power reactor (100) includes a reactor core (102) that generates thermal energy and a solid state thermal conductor (106) extending into and thermally integrated with the reactor core (102). The solid state thermal conductor (106) transfers thermal energy generated by the reactor core (102) away from the reactor core (102)."
The patent was filed on Nov. 19, 2020, under Application No. 17/756,553.
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