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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Applicants:
Orano Cycle, Courbevoie, FR;
Commissariat À L'énergie Atomique ET Aux Énergies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Gilles Leturcq, Camaret sur Aigues, FR;
Thibaud Delahaye, Tresques, FR;
Assignees:
ORANO CYCLE, Courbevoie, FR;
COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/46 (2013.01); Y02W 30/883 (2015.05);
Abstract
A process for dissolving nuclear fuel, in particular irradiated nuclear fuel, comprising immersion of the nuclear fuel in a nitric acid solution. This dissolution process further comprises mechanical milling of the nuclear fuel, this mechanical milling being performed in the nitric acid solution during the immersion. The disclosure also relates to the use of a mill equipped with mechanical milling structure to implement the dissolution process.