	US 11,996,593 B1
	Integrated electrochemical nuclear decontamination system
Benjamin Karmiol, Santa Fe, NM (US); Sean Peter Walsh, Los Alamos, NM (US); David Anthony Tyler Rodriguez, White Rock, NM (US); Jared Tyler Stritzinger, Los Alamos, NM (US); Steven Douglas McKee, Los Alamos, NM (US); Kirk Weisbrod, Los Alamos, NM (US); Jeremy Jacob Monroe, White Rock, NM (US); Gabriel Andrade, White Rock, NM (US); Quinn McCulloch, White Rock, NM (US); Janelle Droessler, Los Alamos, NM (US); Alp Tugrul Findikoglu, Santa Fe, NM (US); and Taeho Ju, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Assigned to TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Filed by Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,139, filed on May 29, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04 (2016.01); G21F 9/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04186 (2016.01)

CPC H01M 8/04186 (2013.01) [G21F 9/004 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

an electrochemical cell configured to oxidize a solution, the electrochemical cell providing a continuous and stable supply of an oxidizing ion solution to a fixture or vessel used for the purposes of decontaminating metal and metal alloys,

wherein the electrochemical cell comprises an anode compartment configured to oxidize the solution at a rate equal to or greater than a rate of reduction, or for purposes of creating a batch of the oxidizing ion solution,

wherein the solution comprises nitric acid or methane sulfonic acid containing oxidizing ions, and

wherein the electrochemical cell is configured to oxidize Ce(III) to Ce(IV), Co(II) to Co(III), or Ag(I) to Ag(II).