Method for loading resin beds

Patent · 31 December 1977

OSTI ID:862999

Notz, Karl J ^[1]; Rainey, Robert H ^[2]; Greene, Charles W ^[2]; Shockley, William E ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

An improved method of preparing nuclear reactor fuel by carbonizing a uranium loaded cation exchange resin provided by contacting a H.sup.+ loaded resin with a uranyl nitrate solution deficient in nitrate, comprises providing the nitrate deficient solution by a method comprising the steps of reacting in a reaction zone maintained between about 145.degree.-200.degree. C, a first aqueous component comprising a uranyl nitrate solution having a boiling point of at least 145.degree. C with a second aqueous component to provide a gaseous phase containing HNO.sub.3 and a reaction product comprising an aqueous uranyl nitrate solution deficient in nitrate.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4070438
• OSTI ID: 862999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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