G21C 15/28
Selection of specific coolants
Official title: Selection of specific coolants (if serving as the moderator G21C5/12; compositions per se C09K5/00; {organic coolants G21C5/123}); {Additions to the reactor coolants, e.g. against moderator corrosion (purification and regeneration of the reactor coolants G21C19/30)}
G21C15/28 (Selection of specific coolants) appears on 75 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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