Aqueous processes for uranium recovery from Rover fuel elements: laboratory development. Part III. Summary of the processes
Declassified 24 Sep 1973. The development of aqueous methods for processing Rover fuel elements is summarized. The Rover fuel elements are dispersions of carbon-coated UC/sub 2/ particles in graphite matrices; hydrogen coolant channels in the elements are lined with NbC to retard corrosion. Since the coated particles are impervious toattack by aqueous reagents , burning of the fuel is necessary at one stage of the process. The two main processes under development are (1) the Deline-Burn-Dissolve (DBD) process, and (2) the BurnDissolve process. Both processes result in almost quantitative uranium recovery; however, based on the laboratory experiments, the DBD process appears to have the best chance of success on an engineering scale. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-004990
- OSTI ID:
- 4409018
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL--3459
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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