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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Richard Thaddeus Kimura, Richland, WA (US);
Andrew Landon, Richland, WA (US);
Clifford Yeager, Richland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Thaddeus Kimura, Richland, WA (US);
Andrew Landon, Richland, WA (US);
Clifford Yeager, Richland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Areva NP, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dry conversion reactor for converting uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide, the dry conversion reactor including a gas-phase reaction segment and a fluidized bed segment, wherein at least one of the gas-phase reaction segment and the fluidized bed segment is a replaceable segment. A method for operating a dry conversion reactor utilizing a uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide conversion process, the method including replacing at least one conversion reactor segment.