Patents by Inventor Kerry D. Schutt

Kerry D. Schutt 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: 5590391
    Abstract: A process for reducing the concentration of fissionable uranium containing components of a feed material to below a target concentration level, the process having the steps of providing the feed material as an aqueous system of high-enriched uranyl nitrate hydrate (HE-UNH) wherein at least about 18% of the uranium therein is the .sup.235 U isotope, providing an aqueous dilution medium containing natural uranyl nitrate hydrate (NUNH) wherein at least about 90% of the uranium therein is the .sup.238 U isotope, forcing a diluent stream of the dilution medium through a jet pump to provide a suction region within the pump coextensive with the diluent stream, providing a feed fluid connection of the HE-UNH within the first vessel means with the suction region to cause a HE-UNH stream to flow into the suction region and intermix therein with the diluent stream to form a product stream of markedly reduced .sup.235 U concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman E. Brandon, David R. Hopson, Ronald J. Green, James H. G. Grimaud, III, Timothy J. Heagle, Kerry D. Schutt