Progess in technology development for conversion of {sup 99}Mo production--BATAN's (Indonesia) conversion program, progress in the CNEA (Argentina) LEU foil/base-side process, and development of inorganic sorbents for {sup 99}Mo production.

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:971911

Bakel, A J; Stepinski, D C; Vandegrift, G F; Leyva, A; Gelis, A V; Bond, A H; Mayes, H

Currently, nearly all of the world's supply of {sup 99}Mo is produced fiom the fissioning of {sup 235}U in targets of high-enriched uranium (HEU). Conversion of these targets to low-enriched uranium (LEU) would ease worldwide concern over the use and transport of this weapons-grade material. This paper reviews three projects: (1) the ongoing conversion of BATAN's {sup 99}Mo production process from HEU oxide targets (Cintichem processing) to LEU foil targets (Cintichem processing), (2) demonstration of LEU foil targets and base-side processing in CNEA's facility, and (3) the evaluation of two inorganic Thermoxid sorbents for Mo recovery and purification in acidic U-bearing solutions.

• 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: 971911
• Report Number(s): ANL/CMT/CP-117473; TRN: US1001404
• Resource Relation: Conference: 27th International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR 2005); Nov. 6, 2005 - Nov. 10, 2005; Boston, MA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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