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URANIUM RECOVERY AND PURIFICATION PROCESS AND PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4802596

A process is outlined for separating uranium from a large variety of impurities to give a purified solution from which pure UF/sub 4/ can be obtained. The process comprises forming a solution containing >5 M chloride and the contaminated uranium, passing the solution through an anionic exchange resin to adsorb the anionic uranium chloride complexes and some of the impurities, washing the resin with >5 M HCl to remove the adsorbed impurities, and eluting the uranium with H/sub 2/ to yield an acidic UO//sub 2/ Cl/sub 2/ solution of high purity. UF/sub 4/ may be precipitated from the solution by electrolytic.reduction and addition of HF. (D.L.C.)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-007607
OSTI ID:
4802596
Report Number(s):
GB 886394
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English