Patents by Inventor Chuck Z. Soderquist

Chuck Z. Soderquist has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8781055
    Abstract: A system and a process for producing selected isotopic daughter products from parent materials characterized by the steps of loading the parent material upon a sorbent having a functional group configured to selectively bind the parent material under designated conditions, generating the selected isotopic daughter products, and eluting said selected isotopic daughter products from the sorbent. In one embodiment, the process also includes the step of passing an eluent formed by the elution step through a second sorbent material that is configured to remove a preselected material from said eluent. In some applications a passage of the material through a third sorbent material after passage through the second sorbent material is also performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: James J. Toth, Chuck Z. Soderquist, Lawrence R. Greenwood, Shas V. Mattigod, Glen E. Fryxell, Matthew J. O'Hara
  • Patent number: 8636966
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include nuclear fuel. Methods for treating nuclear fuel are provided which can include exposing the fuel to a carbonate-peroxide solution. Methods can also include exposing the fuel to an ammonium solution. Methods for acquiring molybdenum from a uranium comprising material are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Chuck Z. Soderquist, Amanda M. Johnsen, Bruce K. McNamara, Brady D. Hanson, Steven C. Smith, Shane M. Peper
  • Publication number: 20130336854
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include nuclear fuel. Methods for treating nuclear fuel are provided which can include exposing the fuel to a carbonate-peroxide solution. Methods can also include exposing the fuel to an ammonium solution. Methods for acquiring molybdenum from a uranium comprising material are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Chuck Z. Soderquist, Amanda M. Johnsen, Bruce K. McNamara, Brady D. Hanson, Steven C. Smith, Shane M. Peper
  • Patent number: 8506911
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include nuclear fuel. Methods for treating nuclear fuel are provided which can include exposing the fuel to a carbonate-peroxide solution. Methods can also include exposing the fuel to an ammonium solution. Methods for acquiring molybdenum from a uranium comprising material are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Chuck Z. Soderquist, Amanda M. Johnsen, Bruce K. McNamara, Brady D. Hanson, Steven C. Smith, Shane M. Peper
  • Patent number: 8425654
    Abstract: An alteration of the traditional zinc/zinc-amalgam reduction procedure which eliminates both the hazardous mercury and dangerous hydrogen gas generation. In order to avoid the presence of water and hydrated protons in the working solution, which can oxidize Eu2+ and cause hydrogen gas production, a process utilizing methanol as the process solvent is described. While methanol presents some flammability hazard in a radiological hot cell, it can be better managed and is less of a flammability hazard than hydrogen gas generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Amanda M. Johnsen, Chuck Z. Soderquist, Bruce K. McNamara, Darrell R. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20120106691
    Abstract: A system and a process for producing selected isotopic daughter products from parent materials characterized by the steps of loading the parent material upon a sorbent having a functional group configured to selectively bind the parent material under designated conditions, generating the selected isotopic daughter products, and eluting said selected isotopic daughter products from the sorbent. In one embodiment, the process also includes the step of passing an eluent formed by the elution step through a second sorbent material that is configured to remove a preselected material from said eluent. In some applications a passage of the material through a third sorbent material after passage through the second sorbent material is also performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: James J. Toth, Chuck Z. Soderquist, Lawrence R. Greenwood, Shas V. Mattigod, Glen E. Fryxell, Matthew J. O'Hara
  • Publication number: 20120042748
    Abstract: An alteration of the traditional zinc/zinc-amalgam reduction procedure which eliminates both the hazardous mercury and dangerous hydrogen gas generation. In order to avoid the presence of water and hydrated protons in the working solution, which can oxidize Eu2+ and cause hydrogen gas production, a process utilizing methanol as the process solvent is described. While methanol presents some flammability hazard in a radiological hot cell, it can be better managed and is less of a flammability hazard than hydrogen gas generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Amanda M. Johnsen, Chuck Z. Soderquist, Bruce K. McNamara, Darrell K. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20110024704
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include nuclear fuel. Methods for treating nuclear fuel are provided which can include exposing the fuel to a carbonate-peroxide solution. Methods can also include exposing the fuel to an ammonium solution. Methods for acquiring molybdenum from a uranium comprising material are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Chuck Z. Soderquist, Amanda M. Johnsen, Bruce K. McNamara, Brady D. Hanson, Steven C. Smith, Shane M. Peper