Patents by Inventor Robert H. Rainey

Robert H. Rainey 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).

  • Method for loading resin beds
    Patent number: 4070438
    Abstract: An improved method of preparing nuclear reactor fuel by carbonizing a uranium loaded cation exchange resin provided by contacting a H.sup.+ loaded resin with a uranyl nitrate solution deficient in nitrate, comprises providing the nitrate deficient solution by a method comprising the steps of reacting in a reaction zone maintained between about 145.degree.-200.degree. C, a first aqueous component comprising a uranyl nitrate solution having a boiling point of at least 145.degree. C with a second aqueous component to provide a gaseous phase containing HNO.sub.3 and a reaction product comprising an aqueous uranyl nitrate solution deficient in nitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Karl J. Notz, Robert H. Rainey, Charles W. Greene, William E. Shockley