Report on Current Assessment of Fabrication Routes to Large-Scale UN Production
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Uranium mononitride has been proposed for nuclear fuels, given its favorable uranium atom density and thermal conductivity. Current synthesis routes are either cost prohibitive or leave behind unwanted carbon or oxygen contaminants. Here, a route known as oxidative ammonolysis is explored to convert uranium tetrafluoride to uranium dinitride. Reaction products have been examined and phases determined. The study here shows the possibility to convert uranium fluoride phases to uranium nitride phases.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1497994
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--19-21673
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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