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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:
Nov. 19, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard I Larson, Wilmington, NC (US);
Richard P Ringle, Scotts Hill, NC (US);
John L Harmon, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-05 ; 423260 ; 423261 ; 423253 ;
Abstract
A process for controlling the oxidation reaction of oxides of uranium and fixing the ratio of oxygen to uranium in uranium oxide compounds by means of a passification process, and the stabilized uranium oxide compounds produced therefrom. The method is especially useful in the production of uranium oxide fuel for nuclear reactors.