ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,577, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LEAD TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Barnsley, Great Britain).
"Apparatus and method" was invented by Ian Crabbe (Barnsley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) is described for removing radioactive contamination, at least in part, from a first article (A1) comprising a metal, preferably wherein the metal comprises and/or is a low melting point metal for example lead and/or an alloy thereof. The apparatus (10) comprises a heated first vessel (100A) for melting the metal, at least in part, therein, thereby providing a melt (M) therefrom. The apparatus (10) comprises casting means (2...