C22B 60/0286
Refining, melting, remelting, working up uranium
Official title: {refining, melting, remelting, working up uranium}
C22B60/0286 (Refining, melting, remelting, working up uranium) appears on 16 US grants and 8 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C22B- Granted patents
- 16
- Published applications
- 8
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 51
- Latest grant
- 31 Dec 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for salt removal from uranium metal31 Dec 2024US 12,180,562 B2U. S. Department of Energy
- Treatment of titanium ores10 Nov 2015US 9,181,604 B2Chinuka Limited
- Apparatus and method for processing a sublimed material15 Feb 2000US 6,023,944 ABritish Nuclear Fuels plc
- Process for the conversion of uranium oxide to uranium metal and uranium alloys7 Apr 1998US 5,735,932 AM4 Environmental Management Inc.
- Method of producing uranium metal21 Jun 1994US 5,322,545 ABritish Nuclear Fuels plc
- Recovering uranium from a uranyl nitrate solution9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098323 A1X-energy, LLC
- Chloride based volatility for the recovery of uranium from nuclear fuel salt5 Jun 2025US 2025/0182919 A1
- Recovering uranium from a uranyl nitrate solution1 Feb 2024US 2024/0035119 A1X-energy, LLC
- System for salt removal from uranium metal14 Oct 2021US 2021/0317548 A1Energy, United States Department of
- Treatment of titanium ores8 Sep 2016US 2016/0258074 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for induction melting reactive metals and alloys54US 4,738,713 AThe Duriron Company, Inc. · 1988
- Method of obtaining uranium from oxide using a chloride process19US 5,164,050 ACompagnie Europeenne du Zirconium Cezus · 1992
- Method of melting metals to reduce contamination from crucibles16US 4,028,096 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · 1977
- Apparatus and method for processing a sublimed material12US 6,023,944 ABritish Nuclear Fuels plc · 2000
- Magnesium reduction of uranium fluoride in molten salts8US 4,552,588 A1985