US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Methods for extracting radioisotopes from radiologically contaminated waste" (Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,264, issued on Oct. 21.

"Methods for extracting radioisotopes from radiologically contaminated waste" was invented by Steven Haun (Kingsport, Tenn.), Paul Sylvester (Denver), Timothy Nicholas Milner (Lexington, S.C.) and Colin Russell Austin (Port Charlotte, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for separating radioisotopes from spent ion exchange resins used to process nuclear waste. In some embodiments, the resin is contacted with an aqueous solution including one or more acids to elute the radioisotopes into an enriched solution. In some embodiments, the resin is contacted with an aqueous solution including one ...