US 11,807,549 B2
Mobile processing system for hazardous and radioactive isotope removal
John Raymont, New Port Beach, CA (US); James Fredrickson, Irvine, CA (US); Joshua Leighton Mertz, West Richland, WA (US); David Carlson, Knoxville, TN (US); Mark Denton, Oak Ridge, TN (US); Gary Hofferber, Richland, WA (US); Ja-Kael Luey, Kennewick, WA (US); Zechariah James Fitzgerald, Kennewick, WA (US); Ronald Merritt Orme, West Richland, WA (US); and Eric Vincent Penland, Benton City, WA (US)
Assigned to Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc., Westminster, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/534,764.
Application 15/950,519 is a division of application No. 14/748,535, filed on Jun. 24, 2015, granted, now 9,981,868, issued on May 29, 2018.
Application 16/534,764 is a continuation of application No. 15/950,519, filed on Apr. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,689,281.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/016,517, filed on Jun. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0002209 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 9/00 (2023.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); G21F 9/04 (2006.01); G21F 9/12 (2006.01); C02F 9/20 (2023.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C02F 101/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/42 (2023.01); C02F 1/44 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 9/00 (2013.01) [C02F 1/001 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/28 (2013.01); C02F 9/20 (2023.01); G21F 9/04 (2013.01); G21F 9/12 (2013.01); B01D 2311/25 (2013.01); B01D 2311/251 (2022.08); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); C02F 1/42 (2013.01); C02F 1/441 (2013.01); C02F 1/444 (2013.01); C02F 2101/006 (2013.01); C02F 2201/005 (2013.01); C02F 2201/007 (2013.01); C02F 2201/008 (2013.01); C02F 2209/001 (2013.01); C02F 2209/003 (2013.01); C02F 2209/005 (2013.01); C02F 2209/05 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2301/046 (2013.01); C02F 2301/08 (2013.01); Y02E 30/00 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05)] 23 Claims
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1. A mobile nuclear waste processing system, the system comprising:
a first container including a main enclosure, an inlet leading into the main enclosure, and an outlet leading out of the main enclosure;
a solids removal filter module disposed within the main enclosure, the solids removal filter module including a filter configured to receive a flow of fluid and remove at least some solids from the fluid resulting in a filtered fluid, wherein the flow of fluid contains one or more radioactive contaminants;
a first hose coupled to the inlet and configured to direct the fluid from a fluid supply tank to the first container;
an ion specific media module disposed within the main enclosure, wherein the ion specific media module is configured to receive the filtered fluid from the solids removal filter module and remove the one or more radioactive contaminants from the filtered fluid resulting in a processed fluid;
a second hose coupled to the outlet and configured to direct the processed fluid out of the first container;
a radiation sensor positioned in the first container to monitor radiation levels associated with at least one of the fluid, the filtered fluid, or the processed fluid; and
an electronic controller communicatively linked to the radiation sensor and programmed to monitor radiation levels of at least one of the fluid, the filtered fluid, or the processed fluid, and wherein the electronic controller is housed in a second container.