US Patent Issued to Standard Nuclear on Oct. 7 for "Control drum controller for nuclear reactor system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,887, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Standard Nuclear Inc. (New York).

"Control drum controller for nuclear reactor system" was invented by Ethan Chaleff (Groveland, Calif.).

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 includes a reflector material and an absorber material. Nuclear reactor system further incl...