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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2011
Applicants:

J. Bradley Mason, Donnelly, ID (US);

Thomas Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);

Sahar Torabzadeh, Atlanta, GA (US);

Jonathan Olander, Jonesborough, TN (US);

Inventors:

J. Bradley Mason, Donnelly, ID (US);

Thomas Brown, Atlanta, GA (US);

Sahar Torabzadeh, Atlanta, GA (US);

Jonathan Olander, Jonesborough, TN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/04 (2006.01); B01D 59/02 (2006.01); G21F 9/30 (2006.01); G21F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 59/02 (2013.01); G21F 9/30 (2013.01); G21F 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Providing a roaster that operates at temperatures in the range of 800° Celsius to 2000° Celsius with inert, optional oxidizing and reducing gases to treat graphite contaminated with radionuclides including tritium, carbon-14, and chlorine-36. The combination of temperatures and gases allow for the removal of most to substantially all the carbon-14 within the graphite while substantially limiting gasifying the bulk graphite.


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