Universal fuel basket for use with an improved oxide reduction vessel and electrorefiner vessel

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:874316

Herrmann, Steven D ^[1]; Mariani, Robert D ^[1]

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1. Idaho Falls, ID

A basket, for use in the reduction of UO.sub.2 to uranium metal and in the electrorefining of uranium metal, having a continuous annulus between inner and outer perforated cylindrical walls, with a screen adjacent to each wall. A substantially solid bottom and top plate enclose the continuous annulus defining a fuel bed. A plurality of scrapers are mounted adjacent to the outer wall extending longitudinally thereof, and there is a mechanism enabling the basket to be transported remotely.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 6365019
• OSTI ID: 874316
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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fuel
basket
improved
oxide
reduction
vessel
electrorefiner
uosub2
uranium
metal
electrorefining
continuous
annulus
inner
outer
perforated
cylindrical
walls
screen
adjacent
wall
substantially
solid
bottom
top
plate
enclose
defining
bed
plurality
scrapers
mounted
extending
longitudinally
mechanism
enabling
transported
remotely
top plate
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