Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for corium and used nuclear fuel stabilization processing
- Patent Title (中): 使用核燃料稳定处理方法
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Application No.: US13453290Application Date: 2012-04-23
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Publication No.: US08968547B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Eric P. Loewen , John F. Berger
- Applicant: Eric P. Loewen , John F. Berger
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: C25C3/34
- IPC: C25C3/34 ; C25C1/22 ; G21C19/42 ; G21C19/44 ; G21C19/46 ; G21C19/48 ; G21C19/40

Abstract:
A method for stabilizing a nuclear material may include electrolytically reducing the nuclear material in a first molten salt electrolyte of an electroreducer to produce a reduced material. A reducer waste may accumulate in the first molten salt electrolyte as a byproduct of the electroreduction. After the electroreduction, the reduced material may be electrolytically dissolved in a second molten salt electrolyte of an electrorefiner to produce a purified metal product on a refiner cathode assembly of the electrorefiner. As a result of the electrorefining, a first refiner waste may accumulate in the second molten salt electrolyte and a second refiner waste may accumulate in a refiner anode assembly of the electrorefiner. The reducer waste from the electroreducer and the first refiner waste from the electrorefiner may be converted into a ceramic waste form, while the second refiner waste from the electrorefiner may be converted into a metallic waste form.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130277228A1 METHOD FOR CORIUM AND USED NUCLEAR FUEL STABILIZATION PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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