US 12,260,967 B2
Modular, integrated, automated, compact, and proliferation-hardened method to chemically recycle used nuclear fuel (UNF) originating from nuclear reactors to recover a mixture of transuranic (TRU) elements for advanced reactor fuel to recycle uranium and zirconium
Yechezkel Moskowitz, Far Rockaway, NY (US); Yehudah Moskowitz, Far Rockaway, NY (US); and Vik Singh, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC, Inwood, NY (US)
Filed by CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC, Inwood, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,875.
Application 18/218,875 is a continuation of application No. 17/591,167, filed on Feb. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,894,154.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360813 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G21C 19/46 (2006.01); G21F 9/00 (2006.01); G21F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 19/46 (2013.01) [G21F 9/007 (2013.01); G21F 9/308 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor comprising:
a first vessel oxidizing UO2 into U3O8;
a second vessel coupled to the first vessel removing hexafluorides from the U3O8; and
a third vessel coupled to the second vessel removing plutonium and actinides.