ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,340, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Shaanxi, China).

"Multipurpose passive residual heat removal system for small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor" was invented by Dalin Zhang (Shaanxi, China), Xindi Lv (Shaanxi, China), Xin Min (Shaanxi, China), Chenglong Wang (Shaanxi, China), Wenxi Tian (Shaanxi, China), Suizheng Qiu (Shaanxi, China) and Guanghui Su (Shaanxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose passive residual heat removal system for a small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor is provided, including: a circulation loop composed of a reactor body system, a mul...