ECONOMICS OF FISSION NEUTRON AND GAMMA CHEMO-NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND PHENOL

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:4834281

Steinberg, M; Green, L

Design and economics of a neutron-gamma radiation processing reactor for the production of ethylene glycol and phenol are discussed. The technical problems to be solved in liquid phase processing by fission neutrongamma reactors are outlined. Ethylene glycol can be produced from methanol by fission neutron- gamma and fission recoil radiations in an endothernnic reaction. Pbenol can be produced from benzene in an aqueous liquid phase partial oxidation process using gamma radiation in an exothermic reaction. lt was concluded that fission neutron and gamma chemonuclear reactors for low G value reactions require unrcasonably large reactor capacities for tonnage chemical production. Even for the higher G value phenol process estimated costs were still higher than present conventional costs. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-2)-GEN-16
• NSA Number: NSA-16-001803
• OSTI ID: 4834281
• Report Number(s): BNL-5755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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