ELECTROCHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION AND RECOVERY OF URANIUM VALUES

Title: ELECTROCHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION AND RECOVERY OF URANIUM VALUES

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An electrochemical process is described for separating uranium from fission products. The method comprises subjecting the mass of uranium to anodic dissolution in an electrolytic cell containing aqueous alkali bicarbonate solution as its electrolyte, thereby promoting a settling from the solution of a solid sludge from about the electrodes and separating the resulting electrolyte solution containing the anodically dissolved uranium from the sludge which contains the rare earth fission products.

Inventors:: McLaren, J.A.; Goode, J.H.

Issue Date:: 1958-05-13

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4318761

Patent Number(s):: 2834722

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-12-014404

NSA Number:: NSA-12-014404

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: PATENTS; ALKALI METALS; ANIONS; CARBONATES; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FISSION PRODUCTS; PATENT; RARE EARTHS; RECOVERY; RODS; SOLUTIONS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS

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  title        = {ELECTROCHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION AND RECOVERY OF URANIUM VALUES},

  author       = {McLaren, J.A. and Goode, J.H.},

  abstractNote = {An electrochemical process is described for separating uranium from fission products. The method comprises subjecting the mass of uranium to anodic dissolution in an electrolytic cell containing aqueous alkali bicarbonate solution as its electrolyte, thereby promoting a settling from the solution of a solid sludge from about the electrodes and separating the resulting electrolyte solution containing the anodically dissolved uranium from the sludge which contains the rare earth fission products.},

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