Patents Assigned to AREVA INC
  • METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECOVERING AMERICIUM FROM A NITRIC AQUEOUS PHASE
    Publication number: 20120152059
    Abstract: A method with which americium may be selectively recovered from a nitric aqueous phase containing americium, curium and fission products including lanthanides and yttrium, but which is free of uranium, plutonium and neptunium or which only contains these three last elements in trace amounts. The method is applicable for treatment and recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels, in particular for removing americium from raffinates stemming from methods for extracting and purifying uranium and plutonium such as the PUREX and COEX™ methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: AREVA INC, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Xavier Heres, Pascal Baron, Christian Sorel, Clément Hill, Gilles Bernier
  • Separating Device For Sintering Shoes
    Publication number: 20100044892
    Abstract: Device comprising means of separating at least two sintering shoes for transporting nuclear fuel pellets capable of moving according to a first axis (X) and of which two end faces are in contact with one another, wherein said separating means are capable of moving at least one of the two sintering shoes close to said end faces in contact, according to a second vertical axis (Y) substantially orthogonal to the first axis (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: AREVA INC
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Pages