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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry R Johnson, Wheaton, IL (US);
John P Ackerman, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Zygmunt Tomczuk, Orland Park, IL (US);
Donald F Fischer, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ; G21C / ; G21C / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204-15 ; 252626 ; 252627 ; 252628 ; 75 8 / ; 75 8 / ; 376311 ; 376358 ; 420-1 ; 420-2 ; 420-3 ; 420590 ; 423-3 ; 423-5 ; 423 211 ; 423250 ; 423251 ;
Abstract
A process for removing transuranic elements from a waste chloride electrolytic salt containing transuranic elements in addition to rare earth and other fission product elements so the salt waste may be disposed of more easily and the valuable transuranic elements may be recovered for reuse. The salt is contacted with a cadmium-uranium alloy which selectively extracts the transuranic elements from the salt. The waste salt is generated during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel associated with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR).