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Patent No.:

US 11114211 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2019

Helical screw ion exchange and desiccation unit for nuclear water treatment systems

Applicant:

Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Mertz, Richland, WA (US);

Ja-Kael Luey, Richland, WA (US);

Wes Bratton, Richland, WA (US);

Kenneth Schofield, Holland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);

Attorney:

Holland & Hart LLP

Primary Examiner:

James C Goloboy

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F 9/12 (2006.01); B01J 47/10 (2017.01); B01J 45/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/36 (2006.01); B01D 15/20 (2006.01); B01J 47/016 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F 9/12 (2013.01); B01D 15/20 (2013.01); B01D 15/361 (2013.01); B01J 45/00 (2013.01); B01J 47/016 (2017.01); B01J 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, processes, and apparatuses for treating radioactive waste, through systems designed to bind and dry radioactive media. In some of its various embodiments, the system includes at least one helical screw designed to receive and mix liquid wastes with ion exchange media, as well as convey the resulting slurry through one or more of a binding, dewatering, and drying/off-gassing region.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Mertz, Joshua. (2021). Helical screw ion exchange and desiccation unit for nuclear water treatment systems (U.S. Patent No. 11114211). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11114211

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