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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:
Dec. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252626 ; 252631 ; 204-15 ;
Abstract
A process for reducing and dissolving PuO.sub.2 comprises contacting the plutonium dioxide with a hydrazine-free, acid aqueous solution containing a reducing agent, whose redox potential is below +0.5 V/ENH in order to reduce and dissolve the plutonium. The reducing agent can be Cr.sup.2+ or U.sup.4+.