US Patent Issued to X-ENERGY on June 16 for "Composite ammonium diuranate gel particles with a phenolic resin phase, and methods of making the same" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,027, issued on June 16, was assigned to X-ENERGY LLC (Rockville, Md.).

"Composite ammonium diuranate gel particles with a phenolic resin phase, and methods of making the same" was invented by Nick Lineen (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite gel particles with an ammonium diuranate matrix phase and a phenolic resin phase incorporated within the ammonium diuranate matrix phase are produced from a first solution comprising uranyl nitrate, a phenol, and optionally formaldehyde, wherein the uranyl nitrate and the phenol are present in a ratio ranging from 2:1 to 25:1; and a second solution comprising hexamethylenetet...