ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, Wilmington, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (9,182,290) developed by three co-inventors for "methods and apparatuses for monitoring nuclear reactor core conditions." The co-inventors are Robert J. Ginsberg, Wilmington, North Carolina, John R. Bass, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Mark A. Bergman, Wilmington, North Carolina.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 30, 2011 (13/340,678). The full-text of the . . .