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Head-end process for the reprocessing of reactor core material

US8498371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM), REPRESENTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION · BE

Inventors

Michael A. Fütterer · Bergen, NL
Peter Hoppe · Sunnyvale, US
Josef Singer · Buchloe, DE
Bluhm Hansjoachim · Blankenloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 2006
Grant date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02W30/50
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

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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