ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,017, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Modular radioisotope production capsules and related method" was invented by Michael D. Heibel (Broomfield, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radioisotope production capsule is described. Each capsule includes generally an inner container for housing one of a target material and a neutron moderator, an outer container surrounding the inner container for housing the one of the target material and the neutron moderator not housed by the inner container, and cladding for isolating the target material from the neutron moderator. One or ...