Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound – Radioactive metal
Patent
1983-07-28
1985-04-30
Miller, Edward A.
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Treating mixture to obtain metal containing compound
Radioactive metal
252627, 252630, 423 20, C01G 4300
Patent
active
045143641
ABSTRACT:
Reprocessing a nuclear reactor fuel rod which contains nuclear fuel in a cladding tube, by removing the cladding tube from the nuclear fuel. The cladding tube is uniformly heated in hermetically sealed condition together with the nuclear fuel contained thereon to permanently expand the diameter of the cladding tube without the formation of cracks in the cladding tube, increasing the distance between the nuclear fuel and the cladding tube. Subsequently the expanded cladding tube is opened at one end. The nuclear fuel is removed from the opened cladding tube and is processed further, separate from the cladding tube.
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Ennerst Karl
Stoll Wolfgang
Alkem GmbH
Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Miller Edward A.
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