Patent ID: 9365911
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B01D,B01J,C02F,C22B,G21F

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating ion exchange resin containing radioactive isotopes comprising: obtaining the ion exchange resin from a nuclear reactor system primary coolant loop; containing said ion exchange resin in a high integrity container; washing said ion exchange resin while contained in the high integrity container with a selective regenerant agent to produce a wash solution comprising one or more types of the radioactive isotopes; treating said wash solution by mixing said wash solution with isotope specific media to remove a selected radioactive isotope from said wash solution, wherein the radioactive isotope is retained within the isotope specific media to concentrate the radioactive isotope within the isotope specific media; separating out the isotope specific media from said wash solution; and vitrifying said wash solution that has been separated from the isotope specific media.