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Title: ANL progress on the cooperation with CNEA for the Mo-99 production : base-side digestion process.

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OSTI ID:971907

Conversion from high-enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets for the Mo-99 production requires certain modifications of the target design, the digestion and the purification processes. ANL is assisting the Argentine Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA) to overcome all the concerns caused by the conversion to LEU foil targets. A new digester with stirring system has been successfully applied for the digestion of the low burn-up U foil targets in KMnO4 alkaline media. In this paper, we report the progress on the development of the digestion procedure with stirring focusing on the minimization of the liquid radioactive waste.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
971907
Report Number(s):
ANL/CMT/CP-114331; TRN: US1001401
Resource Relation:
Conference: 26th International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR 2004); Nov. 7, 2004 - Nov. 12, 2004; Vienna, Austria
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH