SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- 16127 E Alkaline Dissolution
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334517
— Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Battelle (DOE Contractor), PNNL Licensing, PO Box 999, MSIN K1-73, Richland, Washington, 99354
- ZIP Code
- 99354
- Solicitation Number
- 16127-E
- Archive Date
- 1/1/2011
- Point of Contact
- David L. Greenslade, Phone: 509/375-6555, Connie Mitzel-Faulk, Phone: 5093753847
- E-Mail Address
-
david.greenslade@pnl.gov, connie.mitzel-faulk@pnl.gov
(david.greenslade@pnl.gov, connie.mitzel-faulk@pnl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology (hereinafter referred to as "Technology"). License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. PNNL may also be available to licensee(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a sponsored research or CRADA program. The patent-pending Technology relates to methods for treating irradiated nuclear fuel that represent improvements over the conventional PUREX process. It has been demonstrated that irradiated nuclear fuel can be dissolved readily at room temperature in a non-corrosive and low-hazard solution of ammonium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide. The uranium dissolves completely with most of the plutonium and fission products remaining behind as an insoluble heel; this separates the uranium from plutonium and the majority of the radioactivity at the initial dissolution step. Uranium can be easily recovered from solution by any of several means, such as ion exchange, solvent extraction, or direct precipitation. Other useful elements may be extracted from the mixture as well. The ammonium carbonate can be evaporated out of solution and recovered for re-use, leaving an extremely compact volume of fission products mixed with transuranic elements. Stack emissions using the Technology are less toxic, less radioactive, chemically simpler, and simpler to treat than those from the PUREX process. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Any company interested in licensing the Technology must respond with a Letter of Interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than 45 days from the publication date of this Notice summarizing the company's business and technical expertise and motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the Technology. Such information may require an executed Nondisclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license will be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the Technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations. Please send letters of interest to the attention of the POC indentified within this Notice. Please include the above SOL (Solicitation No.) in your reply
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