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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.