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Procedure for the Reprocessing of Irradiated Uranium by Chloride Sublimation; PROCEDE DE RETRAITEMENT DE L'URANIUM IRRADIE PAR SUBLIMATION DES CHLORURES

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4210169

A new method for reprocessing uranium by chlorination is described. The method is based on the difference of the vapor pressures of the uranium chlorides and the fission product chlorides. By fractional sublimation, a decontamination factor for beta activity of about 100 can be obtained. The residual activity is due to zirconium and niobium. (auth)

Research Organization:
Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire, Brussels (Belgium)
NSA Number:
NSA-14-006318
OSTI ID:
4210169
Report Number(s):
BLG--38
Country of Publication:
Belgium
Language:
English