Thorium utilization program. Quarterly progress report for the period ending May 31, 1977

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7089550· OSTI ID:7089550

Results of work performed under the National HTGR Fuel Recycle Program (also known as the Thorium Utilization Program) at General Atomic Company are presented. Results of work on this program prior to June 1974 were included in a quarterly series on the HTGR Base Program. The work reported includes the development of unit processes and equipment for reprocessing of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) fuel, the design and development of an integrated pilot line to demonstrate the head end of HTGR reprocessing using unirradiated fuel materials, and design work in support of Hot Engineering Tests (HET). Work is also described on trade-off studies concerning the required design of facilities and equipment for the large-scale recycle of HTGR fuels in order to guide the development activities for HTGR fuel recycle.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, Calif. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7089550
• Report Number(s): GA-A-14441
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ADSORPTION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BURNERS
CARBIDES
CARBON
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CASKS
CENTRIFUGATION
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COATED FUEL PARTICLES
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
COMBUSTORS
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
CONTROL ELEMENTS
CONVEYORS
CRUSHING
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DISSOLVERS
DUSTS
ELEMENTS
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
EXTRACTION
FLOWSHEETS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL PARTICLES
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GAS FLOW
GRAPHITE
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENS
HEAD END PROCESSES
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IODINE
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
MATERIAL BALANCE
MATERIALS HANDLING
MINING EQUIPMENT
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
QUANTITY RATIO
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS
RUTHENIUM FLUORIDES
SEALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SOLIDS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SORPTION
SPENT FUEL CASKS
SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TESTING
THOREX PROCESS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TREATIES
TRITIUM
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANYL COMPOUNDS
URANYL NITRATES
VENTILATION
VOLATILITY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES