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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1992

Filed:

Mar. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Katsuyuki Ohtsuka, Mito, JP;

Isao Kondo, Ibaraki, JP;

Takashi Okada, Katsuta, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252626 ; 210774 ; 210806 ; 203 91 ; 203 48 ; 585812 ; 562608 ;
Abstract

A method of separating and purifying a spent solvent generated in a nuclear fuel cycle and containing a phosphate and a higher hydrocarbon. This method comprises treating the spent solvent at a temperature not greater than the freezing point of the higher hydrocarbon but not less than the freezing point of the phosphate to selectively freeze the higher hydrocarbon, and separating a resulting frozen solid mainly composed of the higher hydrocarbon from a remaining solution containing the phosphate in a higher concentration. The remaining solution may further be subjected to low-temperature vacuum distillation to separate the solution into the phosphate and a deterioration product thereof.


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