ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,100, issued on June 23.
"Uranium hexafluoride byproducts and/or materials disposal" was invented by Henry Crichlow (Norman, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of disposing of uranium oxides and of disposing of metal casks that had formerly held uranium hexafluoride may include steps of: (a) receiving at least a quantity of at least one type of uranium oxide; (b) receiving at least one metal cask selected from the metal casks that was formerly housing at least some quantity of the uranium hexafluoride; (c) cutting up and/or shredding the at least one metal cask into smaller pieces; and (d) loading at least some of the quant...