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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
LeRoy F Grantham, Calabasas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204-15 ; 423251 ; 423253 ; 423D / ; 264-05 ; 75397 ; 75399 ; 376201 ; 376315 ; 376322 ;
Abstract
Actinides metals are recovered from spent nuclear fuel oxides containing fission products by a pyrochemical process. The process comprises, in part, electrorefining the metal complex from an anode by electrolytically oxidizing actinides into a salt and then electrodepositing actinides onto a cathode to form an actinide metal deposit. The actinide metal deposit is then melted to separate the salts and the actinide metals. The separated salt is recycled into an electrorefiner and the actinide metals are recovered and then transferred to a fuel fabrication system.