Chemical Engineering Division Research Highlights: January - December 1970
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
During 1970, the Chemical Engineering Division has continued its investigations in the areas of fuel-cycle technology, sodium technology, materials properties, analytical and reactor chemistry, liquid-metal and molten- salt studies, energy conversion, and fluidized-bed combustion of fossil fuels. For reprocessing LMFBR irradiated fuel, a head-end process for decladding the fuel in liquid metal, a process for converting recovered plutonium and uranium nitrate solutions to oxides, and a centrifugal contactor suitable for high plutonium content are being developed. Analytical procedures adaptable to in-line use in the fabrication of LMFBR fuel are also being studied. In the sodium technology program, major emphasis is being placed on the measurement of sodium quality by chemical analyse s and on-line monitors. An effort is also being made to develop failed-fuel-element detectors. Materials and chemistry studies are concerned with various aspects of the behavior of materials in fast reactors. Fuelcladding interactions and material-transport phenomena in mixed-oxide fuel are being studied. Thermodynamic studies of the U-C-O and U-Pu-O systems are being carried out, and a considerable effort is being made to obtain information on the sodium-fuel reaction. High-temperature physical- property data needed for fast-reactor safety analysis are being obtained. Calorimetric procedures are being used to obtain thermochemical data on materials of interest in reactor technology . Determinations of fast-reactor cross sections and fission yields are continuing. Development efforts also continue on secondary electrical batteries for vehicle propulsion and for powering an artificial heart as well as on fluidized combustion of fossil fuels as a means of reducing pollutants. A new program on nuclear safeguards has been started.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 1605924
- Report Number(s):
- ANL-7750
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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