Cathode scraper system and method of using the same for removing uranium
Abstract
Embodiments include a cathode scraper system and/or method of using the same for removing uranium. The cathode scraper system includes a plurality of cathode assemblies. Each cathode assembly includes a plurality of cathode rods. The cathode scraper system also includes a cathode scraper assembly configured to remove purified uranium deposited on the plurality of cathode rods. The cathode scraper assembly includes a plurality of scrapers arranged in a lattice, and each scraper of the plurality of scrapers is arranged to correspond to a different cathode rod.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1169105
- Patent Number(s):
- 8945354
- Application Number:
- 13/335,209
- Assignee:
- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, NC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
- DOE Contract Number:
- ACO2-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Williamson, Mark A, Wiedmeyer, Stanley G, Willit, James L, Barnes, Laurel A, and Blaskovitz, Robert J. Cathode scraper system and method of using the same for removing uranium. United States: N. p., 2015.
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Williamson, Mark A, Wiedmeyer, Stanley G, Willit, James L, Barnes, Laurel A, & Blaskovitz, Robert J. Cathode scraper system and method of using the same for removing uranium. United States.
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