EUROCHEMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Progress Report for October through December 1959

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 04:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4170357

Nicholson, E L; Shank, E M

The status of the Eurocheraic Organization and the preliminary plant design are summarized. Complete ratification of the charter still requires approval by Italy and Sweden. The Board of Directors, with E. Svenke of Sweden as chairman, has been elected and E. Pohland of Germany has been appointed General Manager of the company. Project III, reported last quarter, was not accepted and Project IV was developed within the total monetary framework available ( .77 x 10/sup 6/); this proposal is expected to be accepted. The Project IV capacity is 350 kg of natural uranium per day or 250 kg of up to 5% enriched uranium per day. Head-end processes being considered are Sulfex for stainless steel-clad fuels, Zirflex for Zircaloy-clad fuels, dilute sulfuric acid for magnesium-clad fuels, and sodium hydroxide for aluminum-clad fuels. The solvent extraction system will consist of a co-decontamination cycle and a second uranium cycle. The second plutonium cycle and anion exchange tail-end step has been eliminated, with an amine extraction cycle being considered as a replacement. Negotiations on the engineering contract are underway with St. Gobain of France. A total of nine people associated with Eurochemic visited four USAEC sites during a three-week tour. Process chemistry and engineering were discussed, along with associated fields of health physics, criticality, analyical, and building design. (auth)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-012642
• OSTI ID: 4170357
• Report Number(s): CF-60-2-72
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALUMINUM
AMINES
BUILDINGS
CANNING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DECONTAMINATION
ENRICHMENT
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUELS
ION EXCHANGE
MAGNESIUM
PLANNING
PLUTONIUM
PRODUCTION
RADIATION PROTECTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
STAINLESS STEELS
SULFURIC ACID
URANIUM
USAEC
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS