PRODUCTION OF PURIFIED URANIUM

Patent · Tue Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4184456

Burris, L Jr; Knighton, J B; Feder, H M

A pyrometallurgical method for processing nuclear reactor fuel elements containing uranium and fission products and for reducing uranium compound; to metallic uranium is reported. If the material proccssed is essentially metallic uranium, it is dissolved in zinc, the sulution is cooled to crystallize UZn/sub 9/ , and the UZn/sub 9/ is distilled to obtain uranium free of fission products. If the material processed is a uranium compound, the sollvent is an alloy of zinc and magnesium and the remaining steps are the same.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-14-015713
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 2922711
• OSTI ID: 4184456
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CHEMISTRY
DISTILLATION
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
MAGNESIUM ALLOYS
METALLURGY
PRODUCTION
SOLVENTS
URANIUM
URANIUM ALLOYS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
ZINC ALLOYS