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Title: Electroplating fission-recoil barriers onto LEU-metal foils for {sup 99}Mo-production targets

Abstract

Electroplating experiments on uranium foil have been conducted in order to develop low-enriched uranium composite targets suitable for the production of {sup 99}Mo. Preparation of the foil surface prior to plating was found to play a key role in the quality of the resultant coating. A surface preparation procedure was developed that produces both zinc and nickel coatings with the desired level of coating adherence and coverage. Modifications of the existing plating processes now need investigation to improve to uniformity of the plating thickness, especially at the foil perimeter.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Administration and Human Resource Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
671969
Report Number(s):
ANL/CMT/CP-94675; CONF-9710102-
ON: DE98050442; TRN: 99:000514
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1997 international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors, Jackson Hole, WY (United States), 5-10 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; 21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; MOLYBDENUM 99; FUEL ELEMENTS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; SURFACE TREATMENTS; ELECTRODEPOSITED COATINGS; NICKEL; ZINC; MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION; MODERATELY ENRICHED URANIUM

Citation Formats

Smaga, J A, Sedlet, J, Conner, C, Liberatore, M W, Walker, D E, Wygmans, D G, and Vandegrift, G F. Electroplating fission-recoil barriers onto LEU-metal foils for {sup 99}Mo-production targets. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Smaga, J A, Sedlet, J, Conner, C, Liberatore, M W, Walker, D E, Wygmans, D G, & Vandegrift, G F. Electroplating fission-recoil barriers onto LEU-metal foils for {sup 99}Mo-production targets. United States.
Smaga, J A, Sedlet, J, Conner, C, Liberatore, M W, Walker, D E, Wygmans, D G, and Vandegrift, G F. 1997. "Electroplating fission-recoil barriers onto LEU-metal foils for {sup 99}Mo-production targets". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/671969.
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title = {Electroplating fission-recoil barriers onto LEU-metal foils for {sup 99}Mo-production targets},
author = {Smaga, J A and Sedlet, J and Conner, C and Liberatore, M W and Walker, D E and Wygmans, D G and Vandegrift, G F},
abstractNote = {Electroplating experiments on uranium foil have been conducted in order to develop low-enriched uranium composite targets suitable for the production of {sup 99}Mo. Preparation of the foil surface prior to plating was found to play a key role in the quality of the resultant coating. A surface preparation procedure was developed that produces both zinc and nickel coatings with the desired level of coating adherence and coverage. Modifications of the existing plating processes now need investigation to improve to uniformity of the plating thickness, especially at the foil perimeter.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/671969}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
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