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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Applicant:
The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
David W. Hatchett, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Cassara J. Higgins, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 43/06 (2006.01); C01G 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 43/06 (2013.01); C01G 43/003 (2013.01); C01G 43/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods for recovering uranium tetrafluoride (UF) from uranium hexafluoride (UF) by directly dissolving UFin ionic liquids and recovering UF, which can be processed to obtain UO(s) or uranium metal.