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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:
Apr. 07, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry A Divins, Wilmington, NC (US);
Harold L Runion, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423261 ; 423253 ;
Abstract
An improved process for producing powdered uranium dioxide from a solution of uranyl nitrate which is suitable for the manufacture of fuel for nuclear reactors. The process is continuous and comprises an incremental precipitation of soluble uranyl nitrate with ammonium hydroxide which is interrupted with an intermediate aging period. The precipitate of ammonium uranate solids is dried and thermally converted to a powdered oxide of uranium.