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Patent No.:

US 7078581 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2000
Applicants:

Ewan Robert Maddrell, Seascale, GB;

Melody Lyn Carter, Figtree, AU;

Inventors:

Ewan Robert Maddrell, Seascale, GB;

Melody Lyn Carter, Figtree, AU;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F 9/34 (2006.01); G21F 9/28 (2006.01); G21F 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A ceramic waste immobilizing material for the encapsulation of high level radioactive waste (HLW), e.g. resulting from the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel. The ceramic waste immobilising material enables waste ions from at least fission products in irradiated nuclear fuel to be dissolved in substantially solid solution form. The ceramic waste immobilising medium has a matrix comprising phases of hollandite, perovskite and zirconolite in which the waste ions are dissolved. The invention also includes a method of immobilizing HLW from reprocessed nuclear fuel assemblies comprising the steps of mixing a liquor containing the HLW with a precursor material comprising oxides or oxide precursors of at least titanium, calcium and barium to form a slurry, drying the slurry, and calcining the dried slurry under a reducing atmosphere to form a powder comprising 30–65 weight % waste.


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Maddrell, Ewan. (2006). Encapsulation of waste (U.S. Patent No. 7078581). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7078581

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