Head-end process for the reprocessing of reactor core material
CA 2597669 C · Owner: Fuetterer, Michael A. · Inventors: Bluhm, Hansjoachim; Fuetterer, Michael A.; Hoppe, Peter
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In a head-end process for the reprocessing of reactor core material with embedded fuel particles, reactor core material is arranged in a reactor containing a fluid. The reactor comprises a voltage discharge installation in the fluid. Voltage discharges are applied through the fluid for fragmenting the fuel particles into fragmentation products and the fragmentation products are segregated.
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- Filed February 16, 2006 and granted June 25, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 16, 2026.
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