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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giovanni Brambilla, Stagno, IT;
Adelmo Sartorelli, Forli', IT;
Assignee:
Agip Nucleare, S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204-15 ; 423-5 ;
Abstract
In a method for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuels, the fuel to be reprocessed is dissolved in a fused-salt bath while absolute sulfuric acid is added dropwise to said bath, plutonium sulfate is thermally converted into the corresponding oxide, the uranium oxide is electrolytically deposited from the fused-salt bath as the electrolyte, the melted salts are recycled to the starting end of the process and the fission products and the melted salts are conditioned for final disposal.