Patents by Inventor Hee-Chul Eun

Hee-Chul Eun 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: 9368242
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for separating radioactive nuclides from a waste salt and recovering a refined salt, which are able to maximize process efficiency and operating efficiency of a process of regenerating a waste salt produced during a pyrochemical process of used nuclear fuel by converting the waste salt into a thermally stable form and distilling the waste salt under a reduced pressure using a single apparatus having two top covers which are mountable to replace radioactive nuclides included in the waste salt, and highly improve applicability and utility in a remote operation facility for disposal of a radioactive waste by further simplifying operation/handling compared with conventional processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee-Chul Eun, Yung-Zun Cho, Jung Hoon Choi, Hwan Seo Park, Hee-Chul Yang, JunHong Kim, Tae-Kyo Lee, Geun-il Park
  • Publication number: 20140374653
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for separating radioactive nuclides from a waste salt and recovering a refined salt, which are able to maximize process efficiency and operating efficiency of a process of regenerating a waste salt produced during a pyrochemical process of used nuclear fuel by converting the waste salt into a thermally stable form and distilling the waste salt under a reduced pressure using a single apparatus having two top covers which are mountable to replace radioactive nuclides included in the waste salt, and highly improve applicability and utility in a remote operation facility for disposal of a radioactive waste by further simplifying operation/handling compared with conventional processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee-Chul EUN, Yung-Zun CHO, Jung Hoon CHOI, Hwan Seo PARK, Hee-Chul YANG, JunHong KIM, Tae-Kyo LEE, Geun-il PARK
  • Patent number: 7875760
    Abstract: A reuse apparatus of eutectic salt waste produced in an electro refining process and a method thereof is a technology that in order to collect the eutectic salt of the eutectic salt waste, oxidizes/precipitates nuclides (rare earth and TRU) within the eutectic salt waste, an oxygen dispersing method is used to perform a layer separation into the eutectic salt layer and the precipitate layer. Then, the precipitate layer and eutectic salt layer are separated and collected, so that the eutectic salt layer is directly reused and the eutectic salt within the precipitates is reused by separating and collecting it using distillation/condensation processes. The reuse apparatus of the eutectic salt waste and a method thereof thereby increases the collecting efficiency of the eutectic salt and allows the compositions of the collected eutectic salt to have the same compositions as the eutectic salt used in the electro refining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Zun Cho, Hee-Chul Yang, Hee-Chul Eun, In-Tae Kim, Han-Soo Lee, Hwan-Seo Park
  • Publication number: 20090005628
    Abstract: A reuse apparatus of eutectic salt waste produced in an electro refining process and a method thereof is a technology that in order to collect the eutectic salt of the eutectic salt waste, oxidizes/precipitates nuclides (rare earth and TRU) within the eutectic salt waste, an oxygen dispersing method is used to perform a layer separation into the eutectic salt layer and the precipitate layer. Then, the precipitate layer and eutectic salt layer are separated and collected, so that the eutectic salt layer is directly reused and the eutectic salt within the precipitates is reused by separating and collecting it using distillation/condensation processes. The reuse apparatus of the eutectic salt waste and a method thereof thereby increases the collecting efficiency of the eutectic salt and allows the compositions of the collected eutectic salt to have the same compositions as the eutectic salt used in the electro refining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yung-Zun Cho, Hee-Chul Yang, Hee-Chul Eun, In-Tae Kim, Han-Soo Lee, Hwan-Seo Park