Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C22Metallurgy C22BPRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS C22B60/00Obtaining metals of atomic number 87 or higher

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C22B60/02Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Electrokinetic device and method for in-situ leaching of uranium
- Patent number 12,168,813
- Issue date Dec 17, 2024
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA
- Chunguang Li
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Manufacture of particulate reference materials
- Patent number 12,165,778
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Matthew S. Wellons
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Grant
Method embodiments for extracting elements from coal combustion pro...
- Patent number 12,084,743
- Issue date Sep 10, 2024
- Triad National Security, LLC
- Christopher Leibman
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Uranium processing using hydrocyclone beneficiation
- Patent number 12,054,806
- Issue date Aug 6, 2024
- Uranium Beneficiation Pty Ltd
- Murray Philip Hill
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Purification of quartz powders by removal of microparticles of refr...
- Patent number 11,878,937
- Issue date Jan 23, 2024
- Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
- Ian George Sayce
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Systems for separating isotopes from a sample of fission products
- Patent number 11,839,852
- Issue date Dec 12, 2023
- Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Mathew S. Snow
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Polyacrylonitrile-based membrane for uranium-extraction-from-seawat...
- Patent number 11,806,674
- Issue date Nov 7, 2023
- Harbin Engineering University
- Jun Wang
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
System and method for collecting and isolating radiosotopes
- Patent number 11,798,702
- Issue date Oct 24, 2023
- UChicago Argonne, LLC
- Michael A. Brown
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for processing rare earth concentrate ore
- Patent number 11,773,467
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- CHINA ENFI ENGINEERING CORPORATION
- Jianwen Tang
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Combined grinding and leaching apparatus for ores and wastes and me...
- Patent number 11,772,102
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Magella Bilodeau
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method of manufacturing uranium target to be soluble in basic solut...
- Patent number 11,713,498
- Issue date Aug 1, 2023
- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Ki Nam Kim
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Grant
System and methods for in situ recovery and processing of recovered...
- Patent number 11,697,914
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Denison Mines Corp.
- Peter Longo
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Manufacture of particulate reference materials
- Patent number 11,594,340
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC
- Matthew S. Wellons
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Grant
Dissymmetric N,N-dialkylamides used particularly for separating ura...
- Patent number 11,578,031
- Issue date Feb 14, 2023
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Gaëlle Milanole
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering uranium from components contaminated with ura...
- Patent number 11,486,023
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- Framatome GmbH
- Alfons Roppelt
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Carbamides for separating uranium(VI) and plutonium(IV) without red...
- Patent number 11,479,833
- Issue date Oct 25, 2022
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies
- Cécile Marie
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Beneficiation process for enhancing uranium mineral processing
- Patent number 11,421,300
- Issue date Aug 23, 2022
- Uranium Beneficiation Pty Ltd
- Murray Philip Hill
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Recovery of uranium
- Patent number 11,384,411
- Issue date Jul 12, 2022
- Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Jaco Bester
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovering an acid or base
- Patent number 11,377,713
- Issue date Jul 5, 2022
- Paladin Intellectual Property Pty Ltd
- Paul Boshoff
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Mesoporous organic material, useful in particular for extracting ur...
- Patent number 11,365,462
- Issue date Jun 21, 2022
- ORANO MINING
- Frédéric Cuer
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Processing for the extraction of rare earth elements
- Patent number 11,345,977
- Issue date May 31, 2022
- Rare Element Resources Ltd.
- Henry Kasaini
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method and apparatus for liquid/solid separation such as dewatering...
- Patent number 11,344,823
- Issue date May 31, 2022
- Sepro Mineral Systems Corp.
- Steven Alexander McAlister
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Polymers, methods for preparing same, and uses thereof particularly...
- Patent number 11,332,566
- Issue date May 17, 2022
- Universite Paris-Saclay
- Philippe Gérard Roger
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method for extracting uranium with coupling device of wind power ge...
- Patent number 11,293,110
- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- Southwest University of Science and Technology
- Wenkun Zhu
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Grant
Method for collecting uranium by treatment process of washing waste...
- Patent number 11,289,233
- Issue date Mar 29, 2022
- Kepco Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.
- Youngmoon Bae
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Chelating platform for delivery of radionuclides
- Patent number 11,235,076
- Issue date Feb 1, 2022
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Roland K. Strong
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selective separation of elements or commodities of interest in aque...
- Patent number 11,186,896
- Issue date Nov 30, 2021
- COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
- Grant Brian Douglas
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Information Patent Grant
Process for recovering precious metals from clay-containing ores
- Patent number 11,111,559
- Issue date Sep 7, 2021
- Ethox Chemicals, LLC
- Charles F. Palmer
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Extraction of metals from metallic compounds
- Patent number 11,091,819
- Issue date Aug 17, 2021
- Rare Element Resources Ltd.
- Henry Kasaini
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Uranium extraction plant, uranium recovery, and acid or base recovery
- Patent number 11,047,021
- Issue date Jun 29, 2021
- Paladin Intellectual Property Pty Ltd
- Paul Boshoff
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
CYCLIC AMINE MONOAMIDES FOR EXTRACTING URANIUM(VI) AND PLUTONIUM(IV...
- Publication number 20240410034
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Cécile MARIE
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
ELECTROKINETIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU LEACHING OF URANIUM
- Publication number 20240117467
- Publication date Apr 11, 2024
- University of South China
- Chunguang LI
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
RECOVERY METHOD OF Ra-226, PRODUCTION METHOD OF Ra-226 SOLUTION, AN...
- Publication number 20240084419
- Publication date Mar 14, 2024
- Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
- Yoshio HONDA
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Sorbent Material for the Extract...
- Publication number 20240050924
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- The University of Toledo
- Jon R. Kirchhoff
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METAL EXTRACTION
- Publication number 20240043963
- Publication date Feb 8, 2024
- USA Rare Earth, LLC
- Juan Illescas
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
RECOVERING URANIUM FROM A URANYL NITRATE SOLUTION
- Publication number 20240035119
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- X-ENERGY, LLC
- Alex Tilton
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESSING FOR THE EXTRACTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20230115288
- Publication date Apr 13, 2023
- Rare Element Resources Ltd.
- Henry Kasaini
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
MANUFACTURE OF PARTICULATE REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Publication number 20230110739
- Publication date Apr 13, 2023
- BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC
- MATTHEW S. WELLONS
- B22 - CASTING POWDER METALLURGY
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF THORIUM AND CERIUM FROM A SOLID...
- Publication number 20230089345
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
- Tom R. JØRGENSEN
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
PROCESSES FOR THE RECOVERY OF URANIUM
- Publication number 20230064712
- Publication date Mar 2, 2023
- OCP SA
- Driss Dhiba
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
DISSOLUTION PROCESS
- Publication number 20220403482
- Publication date Dec 22, 2022
- WATTS & FISHER PTY LTD
- Harry Philip WATTS
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF METALS USING DOTA-BASED CHELATORS
- Publication number 20220401856
- Publication date Dec 22, 2022
- NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP
- Thomas Jacobus Maria MOLENAAR
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF REACTIVE TRANSPORT DURING CO2+O2...
- Publication number 20220290274
- Publication date Sep 15, 2022
- Nanjing University
- Jianfeng Wu
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
CHELATING PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF RADIONUCLIDES
- Publication number 20220160904
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Roland K. Strong
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
PURIFICATION OF ACTINIUM
- Publication number 20220145423
- Publication date May 12, 2022
- SCK.CEN
- Dominic MAERTENS
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR LIQUID-TO-SOLID PHASE SEPARATION OF URANIUM AND URANYL C...
- Publication number 20220072509
- Publication date Mar 10, 2022
- The Regents of the University of California
- Kara E. Thomas
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR COLLECTING URANIUM BY TREATMENT PROCESS OF WASHING WASTE...
- Publication number 20220068516
- Publication date Mar 3, 2022
- KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
- Youngmoon Bae
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR EXTRACTING URANIUM WITH COUPLING DEVICE OF WIND POWER GE...
- Publication number 20220042194
- Publication date Feb 10, 2022
- Southwest University of Science and Technology
- Wenkun ZHU
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
Information Patent Application
CARBAMIDES FOR SEPARATING URANIUM(VI) AND PLUTONIUM(IV) WITHOUT RED...
- Publication number 20210363609
- Publication date Nov 25, 2021
- Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Cécile Marie
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATION OF THORIUM FROM URANIUM AND THEI...
- Publication number 20210354993
- Publication date Nov 18, 2021
- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- John L. LYONS
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DISSYMMETRIC N,N-DIALKYLAMIDES USED PARTICULARLY FOR SEPARATING URA...
- Publication number 20210332002
- Publication date Oct 28, 2021
- Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Gaëlle Milanole
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR SALT REMOVAL FROM URANIUM METAL
- Publication number 20210317548
- Publication date Oct 14, 2021
- Energy, United States Department of
- Mark A. Williamson
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING ISOTOPES FROM A SAMPLE OF FISSION PRODUCTS
- Publication number 20210283551
- Publication date Sep 16, 2021
- Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Mathew S. Snow
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY ABLATION BENEFICATION OF ORE
- Publication number 20210198766
- Publication date Jul 1, 2021
- Hatch Ltd.
- David DELVES
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METAL-BINDING PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF
- Publication number 20210189521
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- The Penn State Research Foundation
- Joseph A. COTRUVO
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
COMBINED GRINDING AND LEACHING APPARATUS FOR ORES AND WASTES AND ME...
- Publication number 20210170422
- Publication date Jun 10, 2021
- HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATU
- Magella BILODEAU
- B02 - CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN...
Information Patent Application
Method for recovering an acid or base
- Publication number 20210140013
- Publication date May 13, 2021
- Paladin Intellectual Property Pty Ltd
- Paul Boshoff
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR SEPARATING URANIUM AND/OR THORIUM
- Publication number 20210130929
- Publication date May 6, 2021
- UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER
- Donatien GOMES RODRIGUES
- G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Information Patent Application
NEW METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY RADIONUC...
- Publication number 20210050126
- Publication date Feb 18, 2021
- ORANO MED
- Julien TORGUE
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
URANIUM PROCESSING USING HYDROCYCLONE BENEFICIATION
- Publication number 20210025028
- Publication date Jan 28, 2021
- Uranium Beneficiation Pty Ltd
- Murray Philip Hill
- C22 - METALLURGY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FER...

Obtaining thorium, uranium, or other actinides

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Electrokinetic device and method for in-situ leaching of uranium

Manufacture of particulate reference materials

Method embodiments for extracting elements from coal combustion pro...

Uranium processing using hydrocyclone beneficiation

Purification of quartz powders by removal of microparticles of refr...

Systems for separating isotopes from a sample of fission products

Polyacrylonitrile-based membrane for uranium-extraction-from-seawat...

System and method for collecting and isolating radiosotopes

Method and system for processing rare earth concentrate ore

Combined grinding and leaching apparatus for ores and wastes and me...

Method of manufacturing uranium target to be soluble in basic solut...

System and methods for in situ recovery and processing of recovered...

Manufacture of particulate reference materials

Dissymmetric N,N-dialkylamides used particularly for separating ura...

Method for recovering uranium from components contaminated with ura...

Carbamides for separating uranium(VI) and plutonium(IV) without red...

Beneficiation process for enhancing uranium mineral processing

Recovery of uranium

Method for recovering an acid or base

Mesoporous organic material, useful in particular for extracting ur...

Processing for the extraction of rare earth elements

Method and apparatus for liquid/solid separation such as dewatering...

Polymers, methods for preparing same, and uses thereof particularly...

Method for extracting uranium with coupling device of wind power ge...

Method for collecting uranium by treatment process of washing waste...

Chelating platform for delivery of radionuclides

Selective separation of elements or commodities of interest in aque...

Process for recovering precious metals from clay-containing ores

Extraction of metals from metallic compounds

Uranium extraction plant, uranium recovery, and acid or base recovery

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

CYCLIC AMINE MONOAMIDES FOR EXTRACTING URANIUM(VI) AND PLUTONIUM(IV...

ELECTROKINETIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU LEACHING OF URANIUM

RECOVERY METHOD OF Ra-226, PRODUCTION METHOD OF Ra-226 SOLUTION, AN...

Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Sorbent Material for the Extract...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR METAL EXTRACTION

RECOVERING URANIUM FROM A URANYL NITRATE SOLUTION

PROCESSING FOR THE EXTRACTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

MANUFACTURE OF PARTICULATE REFERENCE MATERIALS

METHOD FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF THORIUM AND CERIUM FROM A SOLID...

PROCESSES FOR THE RECOVERY OF URANIUM

DISSOLUTION PROCESS

CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF METALS USING DOTA-BASED CHELATORS

METHOD FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF REACTIVE TRANSPORT DURING CO2+O2...

CHELATING PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF RADIONUCLIDES

PURIFICATION OF ACTINIUM

METHOD FOR LIQUID-TO-SOLID PHASE SEPARATION OF URANIUM AND URANYL C...

METHOD FOR COLLECTING URANIUM BY TREATMENT PROCESS OF WASHING WASTE...

METHOD FOR EXTRACTING URANIUM WITH COUPLING DEVICE OF WIND POWER GE...

CARBAMIDES FOR SEPARATING URANIUM(VI) AND PLUTONIUM(IV) WITHOUT RED...

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATION OF THORIUM FROM URANIUM AND THEI...

DISSYMMETRIC N,N-DIALKYLAMIDES USED PARTICULARLY FOR SEPARATING URA...

SYSTEM FOR SALT REMOVAL FROM URANIUM METAL

SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING ISOTOPES FROM A SAMPLE OF FISSION PRODUCTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY ABLATION BENEFICATION OF ORE

METAL-BINDING PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF

COMBINED GRINDING AND LEACHING APPARATUS FOR ORES AND WASTES AND ME...

Method for recovering an acid or base

METHOD FOR SEPARATING URANIUM AND/OR THORIUM

NEW METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY RADIONUC...

URANIUM PROCESSING USING HYDROCYCLONE BENEFICIATION