Patents by Inventor Timothy Milner

Timothy Milner 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).

  • ROTATING BED APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME
    Publication number: 20210050125
    Abstract: A method for removing radioactive material from waste water comprises rotating a bed of ion exchange media in the waste water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Paul SYLVESTER, Timothy MILNER, Scott HENDRICKS, Corin BROTHERHOOD, Jack GROOM
  • Thermal volume reduction of radioactive wastes
    Patent number: 10573423
    Abstract: A method for thermal volume reduction of waste material contaminated with radionuclides includes feeding the waste material into a fluidized bed reactor, injecting fluidizing gas into the fluidized bed reactor to fluidize bed media in the fluidized bed reactor, and decomposing the waste material in the fluidized bed reactor. A system for thermal volume reduction of the waste material includes one or more of a feedstock preparation and handling system, a fluidized bed reactor system, a solids separation system, and an off-gas treatment system. The method and system may be used to effectively reduce the volume or radioactive wastes generated from the operation of nuclear facilities such as nuclear power plants including wastes such as spent ion exchange resin, spent granular activated carbon, and dry active waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventors: Scott D. Poole, Lu Liu, Timothy Milner
  • THERMAL VOLUME REDUCTION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES
    Publication number: 20180137946
    Abstract: A method for thermal volume reduction of waste material contaminated with radionuclides includes feeding the waste material into a fluidized bed reactor, injecting fluidizing gas into the fluidized bed reactor to fluidize bed media in the fluidized bed reactor, and decomposing the waste material in the fluidized bed reactor. A system for thermal volume reduction of the waste material includes one or more of a feedstock preparation and handling system, a fluidized bed reactor system, a solids separation system, and an off-gas treatment system. The method and system may be used to effectively reduce the volume or radioactive wastes generated from the operation of nuclear facilities such as nuclear power plants including wastes such as spent ion exchange resin, spent granular activated carbon, and dry active waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Scott D. Poole, Lu Liu, Timothy Milner