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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:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Stephenson, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Waldo R Golliher, Knoxville, TN (US);
Paul A Haas, Knoxville, TN (US);
Lark A Lundberg, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
M4 Environmental Management Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75399 ; 75393 ; 423253 ; 423-5 ; 588201 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing uranium metal or alloy thereof suitable for use in a metal-based uranium enrichment plant or other use requiring a superdense metal comprising providing a molten metal bath containing the alloy metal and feeding uranium oxide and a reactive metal reductant into the molten metal bath so that the oxide is reduced to elemental uranium and alloying the thus formed uranium with the bath metal.