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Title: REPROCESSING OF POWER REACTOR FUELS. Third Quarterly Progress Report for April 1 to July 1, 1958

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4286807

Zirconium-clad fuel elements of uranium-- molybdenum alloy can be dissolved in boiling hydrofluoric-nitric acid mixtures practicably and without excessive corrosion in a dissolver made of wrought 309 Nb stainless steel; the corrosion of welded seams in these mixtures has not been investigated. Plutonium and urauium can be extracted from the dissolver solution satisfactorily with 10% tribuiyl phosphate in Ultrasene'' provided that aluminum nitrate is present in the dissolver solution. (For preceding period see DP-318.) (auth)

Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Savannah River Lab., Augusta, Ga.
DOE Contract Number:
AT(07-2)-1
NSA Number:
NSA-13-009842
OSTI ID:
4286807
Report Number(s):
DP-319
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English