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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Edward J. Lahoda, Edgewood, PA (US);
Simon Middleburgh, Chester, GB;
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 33/06 (2006.01); C01B 32/928 (2017.01); C01G 43/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 33/06 (2013.01); C01B 32/928 (2017.08); C01G 43/025 (2013.01); C01P 2006/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
The method described herein may be characterized as reacting uranium dioxide with carbon to produce uranium carbide, and, reacting the uranium carbide with a silane, a silicon halide, a siloxane, or combinations thereof, and excess hydrogen to produce uranium silicide.