PROCESS OF DISSOLVING FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
Abstract
A process is described for dissolving stainless-steelor zirconium-clad uranium dioxide fuel elements by immersing the elements in molten lead chloride, adding copper, cuprous chloride, or cupric chloride as a catalyst and passing chlorine through the salt mixture. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4637372
- Patent Number(s):
- 3102849
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-035951
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- CHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE; COPPER; COPPER CHLORIDES; FUEL CANS; FUSED SALTS; GAS FLOW; LEAD CHLORIDES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; STAINLESS STEELS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM
Citation Formats
Wall, E M.V., Bauer, D T, and Hahn, H T. PROCESS OF DISSOLVING FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS. United States: N. p., 1963.
Web.
Wall, E M.V., Bauer, D T, & Hahn, H T. PROCESS OF DISSOLVING FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS. United States.
Wall, E M.V., Bauer, D T, and Hahn, H T. Sun .
"PROCESS OF DISSOLVING FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS". United States.
@article{osti_4637372,
title = {PROCESS OF DISSOLVING FUEL ELEMENTS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS},
author = {Wall, E M.V. and Bauer, D T and Hahn, H T},
abstractNote = {A process is described for dissolving stainless-steelor zirconium-clad uranium dioxide fuel elements by immersing the elements in molten lead chloride, adding copper, cuprous chloride, or cupric chloride as a catalyst and passing chlorine through the salt mixture. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1963},
month = {9}
}
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