Method and apparatus for reducing uranium trioxide

Details Method and apparatus for reducing uranium trioxide Method and apparatus for reducing uranium trioxide

2006-04-18

2006-04-18

Tran, Len (Department: 1725)

Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser

Chemical reactor

Fluidized bed

C422S142000, C422S143000, C422S146000, C422S159000

Reexamination Certificate

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07029633

ABSTRACT:
Uranium trioxide is reduced to uranium dioxide using microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation directed in such a way that the radiation encounters an interface between uranium trioxide and the uranium-containing reduction product without first having passed through that product. By this method, and also using a reducing gas, it is possible to obtain UO2with an O:U ratio less than 2.04:1.

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