NRC's Walt Leschek Recognized During National Inventor's Month
Walt Leschek is an 82-year-old reliability and risk engineer who holds nine U.S. patents, including Fundamental Patent No. US 3991313. It was granted on Nov. 9, 1976, when Leschek was working for the former Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The patent provides a method of directly detecting high-energy neutrons of 10Mev or greater. The technology is currently used by the Department of Homeland Security for screening packages. Leschek joined the NRC in 1991 and works in the agency's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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NRC's Walt Leschek Recognized During National Inventor's Month
Walt Leschek is an 82-year-old reliability and risk engineer who holds nine U.S. patents, including Fundamental Patent No. US 3991313. It was granted on Nov. 9, 1976, when Leschek was working for the former Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The patent provides a method of directly detecting high-energy neutrons of 10Mev or greater. The technology is currently used by the Department of Homeland Security for screening packages. Leschek joined the NRC in 1991 and works in the agency's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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