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US09150975B2 Electrorefiner system for recovering purified metal from impure nuclear feed material
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用于从不纯的核饲料中回收纯化的金属的电抛光器系统
- Patent Title: Electrorefiner system for recovering purified metal from impure nuclear feed material
- Patent Title (中): 用于从不纯的核饲料中回收纯化的金属的电抛光器系统
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Application No.: US13335082Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US09150975B2Publication Date: 2015-10-06
- Inventor: John F. Berger , Mark A. Williamson , Stanley G. Wiedmeyer , James L. Willit , Laurel A. Barnes , Robert J. Blaskovitz
- Applicant: John F. Berger , Mark A. Williamson , Stanley G. Wiedmeyer , James L. Willit , Laurel A. Barnes , Robert J. Blaskovitz
- 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 ; C25C7/00 ; C25C7/08 ; C25C7/02

Abstract:
An electrorefiner system according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present invention may include a vessel configured to maintain a molten salt electrolyte and configured to receive a plurality of alternately arranged cathode and anode assemblies. The anode assemblies are configured to hold an impure nuclear feed material. Upon application of the power system, the impure nuclear feed material is anodically dissolved and a purified metal is deposited on the cathode rods of the cathode assemblies. A scraper is configured to dislodge the purified metal deposited on the cathode rods. A conveyor system is disposed at a bottom of the vessel and configured to remove the dislodged purified metal from the vessel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130161186A1 Electrorefiner System For Recovering Purified Metal From Impure Nuclear Feed Material Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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