Patents Assigned to CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC

MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL, AND TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

Publication number: 20240120120

Abstract: A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor has a decladding vessel separating fuel pellets from nuclear fuel rods via oxidation to produce a uranium compound. A fluorination vessel is coupled to the decladding vessel. A fluorinating agent is injected into the fluorination vessel and reacts with the uranium compound to convert the uranium compound to UF6. An electrowinning vessel is coupled to the fluorination vessel removing plutonium and actinides via electrowinning.

Type: Application

Filed: October 10, 2023

Publication date: April 11, 2024

Applicant: CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC

Inventors: YECHEZKEL MOSKOWITZ, YEHUDAH MOSKOWITZ, VIK SINGH, Alex Wheeler, Cemal Cakez
Modular, integrated, automated, compact, and proliferation-hardened method to chemically recycle used nuclear fuel (UNF) originating from nuclear reactors to recover a mixture of transuranic (TRU) elements for advanced reactor fuel to recycle uranium and zirconium

Patent number: 11894154

Abstract: A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor has a decladding vessel separating fuel pellets from nuclear fuel rods via oxidation to produce U3O8. A fluorination vessel is coupled to the decladding vessel to remove hexafluorides from the U3O8 produced by the decladding vessel. An electrowinning vessel is coupled to the fluorination vessel removing plutonium and actinides via electrowinning.

Type: Grant

Filed: February 2, 2022

Date of Patent: February 6, 2024

Assignee: CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC

Inventors: Yechezkel Moskowitz, Yehudah Moskowitz, Vik Singh
MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

Publication number: 20230360813

Abstract: A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor has a decladding vessel separating fuel pellets from nuclear fuel rods via oxidation to produce U3O8. A fluorination vessel is coupled to the decladding vessel to remove hexafluorides from the U3O8 produced by the decladding vessel. An electrowinning vessel is coupled to the fluorination vessel removing plutonium and actinides via electrowinning.

Type: Application

Filed: July 6, 2023

Publication date: November 9, 2023

Applicant: CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC

Inventors: YECHEZKEL MOSKOWITZ, YEHUDAH MOSKOWITZ, VIK SINGH
MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

Publication number: 20230245794

Abstract: A single integrated system for recycling used nuclear fuel (UNF) emerging from a reactor has a decladding vessel separating fuel pellets from nuclear fuel rods via oxidation to produce U3O8. A fluorination vessel is coupled to the decladding vessel to remove hexafluorides from the U3O8 produced by the decladding vessel. An electrowinning vessel is coupled to the fluorination vessel removing plutonium and actinides via electrowinning.

Type: Application

Filed: February 2, 2022

Publication date: August 3, 2023

Applicant: CURIO SOLUTIONS LLC

Inventors: YECHEZKEL MOSKOWITZ, YEHUDAH MOSKOWITZ, VIK SINGH

MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL, AND TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

Modular, integrated, automated, compact, and proliferation-hardened method to chemically recycle used nuclear fuel (UNF) originating from nuclear reactors to recover a mixture of transuranic (TRU) elements for advanced reactor fuel to recycle uranium and zirconium

MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM

MODULAR, INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED, COMPACT, AND PROLIFERATION-HARDENED METHOD TO CHEMICALLY RECYCLE USED NUCLEAR FUEL (UNF) ORIGINATING FROM NUCLEAR REACTORS TO RECOVER A MIXTURE OF TRANSURANIC (TRU) ELEMENTS FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL TO RECYCLE URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM