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Preliminary survey, Reactor formation of rhenium-tungsten alloy

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10147729· OSTI ID:10147729
This document considers the costs of rhenium formation as produced by irradiating tungsten. Two isotopic compositions of tungsten are considered for the study. The cost for reactor-formed rhenium appears to be prohibitively high -- over $20 per gram. This cost would exist for tungsten containing 90% 186, 9, 184, and 1% tungsten 182 and 183. The cost of alloy made fro natural isotopic compositions of tungsten would be higher by a factor of 3, and would take prohibitively long to produce significant quantities of rhenium. Thus, detailed numbers are not shown or considered for the natural isotopic composition of tungsten.
Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Richland, WA (United States). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
10147729
Report Number(s):
HW--79593; ON: DE94011080
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English