Selective dissolution and recovery of depleted uranium from armor plate. Final report, 26 June 1986-5 May 1987

Technical Report · Tue May 05 04:00:00 EDT 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5941506· OSTI ID:5941506

Czupryna, Gary; Levy, Rhonda D.; Gold, Harris

The impacted armor targets used in testing high density armor-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium (DU) are subject to disposal as low-level radioactive waste. Because of the costs associated with disposal of the entire armor plate and the limited use of secured commercial sites in the future, the U.S. Army is seeking to identify and evaluate new technologies for decontaminating these armor plates. The objectives of this Phase I SBIR program are two-fold, namely: to develop a selective solvent that can decontaminate impacted armor targets containing DU for disposal or recycle, and to identify and characterize technologies that can remove depleted uranium from the solvent for solvent recycle and uranium recovery for easier hazardous-waste disposal.

• Research Organization: Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD. Dept. of the Army
• OSTI ID: 5941506
• Report Number(s): AD-A-183104/9/XAB; MER-0017-FMI-8644-80
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACTINIDES
AMMUNITION
ARMOR
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
DEPLETED URANIUM
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ION EXCHANGE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
PRECIPITATION
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SOLVENTS
TARGETS
URANIUM
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES