Uranium hexafluoride: handling procedures and container criteria

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7305447· OSTI ID:7305447

The U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration's (ERDA) procedures for packaging, measuring, and transferring uranium hexafluoride (UF/sub 6/) have been undergoing continual review and revision for several years to keep them in phase with developing agreements for the supply of enriched uranium. This report, first issued in 1966, was reissued in 1967 to make editorial changes and to provide for minor revisions in procedural information. In 1968 and 1972, Revisions 2 and 3, respectively, were issued as part of the continuing effort to present updated information. This document, Revision 4, includes primarily revisions to UF/sub 6/ cylinders, valves, and methods of use. This revision supersedes all previous issues of this report. The procedures will normally apply in all transactions involving receipt or shipment of UF/sub 6/ by ERDA, unless stipulated otherwise by contracts or agreements with ERDA or by notices published in the Federal Register.

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Oak Ridge Operations Office
• OSTI ID: 7305447
• Report Number(s): ORO-651(Rev.4)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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