US Patent Issued to Westinghouse Electric on Feb. 18 for "Pool type liquid metal fast spectrum reactor using a printed circuit heat exchanger connection to the power conversion system" (Pennsylvania, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,409, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Pool type liquid metal fast spectrum reactor using a printed circuit heat exchanger connection to the power conversion system" was invented by Alexander W. Harkness (Gibsonia, Pa.) and Cory A. Stansbury (Gorham, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear reactor comprising a vessel and a micro-channel heat exchanger is disclosed. The vessel houses coolant defining a maximum level within the vessel, and the micro-channel heat exchanger is partially submerged below the maximum level. The micro-channel heat exchanger comprises a core, a...