Microwave enhanced pyrochemical reactions of PuO sub 2 , UO sub 2 , and U sub 3 O sub 8

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5888824

Sturcken, E F; McCurry, L E

Experiments in the high level cells at WSRC have established that PuO{sub 2} has an extremely high absorption factor the microwaves: temperatures in excess of 1000{degrees}C were reached in less than 5 minutes with a multi mode, 2450 MHz, 600 watt, microwave oven. In other microwave heating experiments: stoichiometric compositions of PuO{sub 2}-UO{sub 2} were prepared and U{sub 3}O{sub 8} was reduced to U{sub 4}O{sub g}.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5888824
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-90-330; CONF-910430-27; ON: DE92009548
• Resource Relation: Conference: 93. annual meeting and exposition of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Cincinnati, OH (United States), 28 Apr - 2 May 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE
MICROWAVE HEATING
URANIUM OXIDES U3O8
REDUCTION
GHZ RANGE 01-100
SOLID SOLUTIONS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DISPERSIONS
FREQUENCY RANGE
GHZ RANGE
HEATING
MIXTURES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
SOLUTIONS
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM OXIDES
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