US Patent Issued to WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY on April 14 for "Method for dehalogenation and vitrification of radioactive metal halide wastes" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,188, issued on April 14, was assigned to WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Hubei, China).

"Method for dehalogenation and vitrification of radioactive metal halide wastes" was invented by Kai Xu (Hubei, China) and Yaogang Dong (Hubei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for dehalogenation and vitrification of radioactive metal halide wastes. The dehalogenation method of radioactive metal halide wastes includes the following steps: mixing the radioactive metal halide wastes with oxalic acid, and performing a thermal treatment to remove halogens from the radioactive metal halide wastes. The vit...