US Patent Issued to Standard Nuclear on Jan. 13 for "Nuclear reactor core having outer portion coolant passages of larger diameter than inner portion coolant passages" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,365, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Standard Nuclear Inc. (New York).

"Nuclear reactor core having outer portion coolant passages of larger diameter than inner portion coolant passages" was invented by Mark Reed (Seattle), Michael John Eades (Seattle), Paolo Francesco Venneri (Seattle), Vishal Patel (Seattle), Wesley Deason (Seattle) and Richard J. Kapernick (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear reactor core includes a plurality of fuel elements and moderator blocks to form a nuclear reactor core inner portion and a nuclear reactor core outer portion. The nuclear reactor core inner portion includes an inner moderator ...