Saturday, January 20, 2007

Packaging & Transportation: Intelligence Summary 15 January 2007 – 21 January 2007

Thresher Industries Subsidiary, Talon Composites, Receives Patent On Talbor(R) Material For Exclusive Use In Highly Specialized Transport Of Nuclear Fuel
17 January 2007

MARKET WATCH (HANFORD, CALIFORNIA)— Talon Composites, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thresher industries, has received a US patent for the fabrication of their metal matrix material called Talbor®. Talon uses this material and technology to make shielding plates that achieve high neutron absorption utilizing a very fine grain structure and greater homogeneous disbursement of Boron. This technology enables nuclear fuel companies to implement safer and more effective fuel transport strategies. Source: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=204175 (Reliability: 9)

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