Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products
Patent
1988-07-12
1989-03-21
Locker, Howard J.
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
252626, 252627, 252628, 75 841R, 75 841A, 376311, 376358, 420 1, 420 2, 420 3, 420590, 423 3, 423 5, 423 211, 423250, 423251, C22B 6002, G21C 1942, G21C 124, C01G 5700
Patent
active
048140465
ABSTRACT:
A process for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR).
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Ackerman John P.
Fischer Donald F.
Johnson Terry R.
Tomczuk Zygmunt
Anderson Thomas G.
Hightower Judson R.
Locker Howard J.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Weinberger James W.
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