ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,693, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FRAMATOME (Courbevoie, France).
"Installation and method for converting uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide" was invented by Bruno Mesona (Saint Marcel les Valence, France) and Stephane Hebrard (Ventabren, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation for the conversion of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) to uranium dioxide (UO2) comprises a hydrolysis reactor (4) for the conversion of UF6 into uranium oxyfluoride powder (UO2F2), a pyrohydrolysis furnace (6) for converting the UO2F2 powder supplied by the reactor (4) into UO2 powder, a supply device (8) comprising reagent injection ducts ...