AU461609B2 - Apparatus for leaching core material from sheared segments of clad nuclear fuel pins - Google Patents

Apparatus for leaching core material from sheared segments of clad nuclear fuel pins

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AU461609B2
AU461609B2 AU38378/72A AU3837872A AU461609B2 AU 461609 B2 AU461609 B2 AU 461609B2 AU 38378/72 A AU38378/72 A AU 38378/72A AU 3837872 A AU3837872 A AU 3837872A AU 461609 B2 AU461609 B2 AU 461609B2
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solids
compartment
transfer
leaching
drum assembly
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Expired
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AU38378/72A
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AU3837872A (en
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H. ODOM and MAURICE H. KUNSELMAN CLYDE
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
    • G21C19/34—Apparatus or processes for dismantling nuclear fuel, e.g. before reprocessing ; Apparatus or processes for dismantling strings of spent fuel elements
    • G21C19/38—Chemical means only
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D11/00—Solvent extraction
    • B01D11/02—Solvent extraction of solids
    • B01D11/0269—Solid material in other moving receptacles
    • B01D11/0273—Solid material in other moving receptacles in rotating drums
    • B01D11/0276—Solid material in other moving receptacles in rotating drums with the general transport direction of the solids parallel to the rotation axis of the conveyor, e.g. spirals
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Extraction Or Liquid Replacement (AREA)
  • Grinding And Polishing Of Tertiary Curved Surfaces And Surfaces With Complex Shapes (AREA)
AU38378/72A 1971-02-12 1972-01-27 Apparatus for leaching core material from sheared segments of clad nuclear fuel pins Expired AU461609B2 (en)

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US11476971A 1971-02-12 1971-02-12
USUS114,769 1971-02-12

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AU3837872A AU3837872A (en) 1973-08-02
AU461609B2 true AU461609B2 (en) 1975-05-09

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US (1) US3730689A (enExample)
AU (1) AU461609B2 (enExample)
BE (1) BE779245A (enExample)
CA (1) CA957831A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2206293A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2125412B1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1355722A (enExample)
SE (1) SE361769B (enExample)

Families Citing this family (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4230675A (en) * 1978-02-15 1980-10-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Apparatus for leaching core material from clad nuclear fuel pin segments
US4244656A (en) * 1978-11-29 1981-01-13 Rtl Contactor Holding S.A. Apparatus for contacting liquids and solids with liquids
FR2474347A1 (fr) * 1979-12-18 1981-07-31 Commissariat Energie Atomique Appareil pour traiter des composes dans un liquide
FR2638102B1 (fr) * 1988-10-25 1990-11-30 Commissariat Energie Atomique Appareil pour traiter des composes dans un liquide et comprenant notamment une roue a godets tournant dans une cuve et des conduits d'acheminement et d'evacuation des composes
AUPP230498A0 (en) * 1998-03-13 1998-04-09 Lewis-Gray, Alexander Hamilton In line leach reactor

Family Cites Families (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR955403A (enExample) * 1950-01-14
FR321577A (fr) * 1902-04-22 1903-01-14 Egrot Nouvel appareil d'extraction
US2337137A (en) * 1941-04-24 1943-12-21 Celanese Corp Apparatus for the treatment of solid materials with liquids

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DE2206293A1 (de) 1972-08-24
FR2125412B1 (enExample) 1976-03-05
GB1355722A (en) 1974-06-05
FR2125412A1 (enExample) 1972-09-29
SE361769B (enExample) 1973-11-12
AU3837872A (en) 1973-08-02
CA957831A (en) 1974-11-19
BE779245A (fr) 1972-05-30
US3730689A (en) 1973-05-01

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