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U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ powder from uranyl-loaded cation exchange resin

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6476154
Large batches of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/, suitable for powder metallurgy fabrication of Al-U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ cores for reactor fuel tubes, have been produced by deep-bed calcination of granular uranyl-loaded macroporous sulfonate cation exchange resin at 900 to 950/sup 0/C in air. Deep-bed calcination is the backup process for the reference process of rotary calcination and sintering. These processes are to be used for recycling uranium, and to produce U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ in the Fuel Production Facility to be built at the Savannah River Plant. 2 refs., 6 figs.
Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-76SR00001
OSTI ID:
6476154
Report Number(s):
DP-MS-85-134; ON: DE86003935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English