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REPROCESSING OF POWER REACTOR FUELS. Quarterly Progress Report No. 6 for January 1 to April 1, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4219328
Welds of 309SCb corrode at a rate much faster than that of the wrought metal in boiling HF--HNO/sub 3/ systems, although the weld and wrought metal corrode at about equal rates in HF alone. When a 309SCb dissolver is used for processing Detroit-Edison core elements, a satisfactory alternative to dissolving in HNO/sub 3/ containing a low concentration of HF is to remove the cladding of zirconium with dilute HF, and then to dissolve the core alloy (10% Mo --90% U) by addition of HNO/sub 3/ containing a small amount of Al(NO/sub 3/) to complex free fluoride. (For preceding period see DP-338.) (auth)
Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, S.C.
NSA Number:
NSA-13-019983
OSTI ID:
4219328
Report Number(s):
DP-393
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English