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US 8,758,572 B2Granted
Method for the separation and concentration of isotopologues
AssigneesExelon Generation Company, LLC, Industrial Idea Partners, Inc.
InventorsRandall N. Avery, Charlie Booth, Keith Moser
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel method for removing tritium oxide contamination from a solution with water. The method captures the tritium oxide in a much smaller volume suitable for economical disposal. In so doing the original water is decontaminated of the tritium oxide and may be discharged.
Claims17
A method for separating a mixture of isotopologues, comprising:
- a) providing a liquid stream comprising a mixture of a first isotopologue having a first freezing temperature and a second isotopologue having a second freezing temperature, wherein the freezing temperature of the first isotopologue is below the freezing temperature of the second isotopologue;
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- b) introducing the liquid stream into a filter capable of selectively capturing the second isotopologue such that at least a portion of the second isotopologue remains in the filter and a liquid filtrate comprising the first isotopologue exits the filter.
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