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Title: PROCESSING OF URANIUM-METAL-CONTAINING FUEL ELEMENTS

Abstract

A process is given for recovering uranium from neutronbombarded uranium- aluminum alloys. The alloy is dissolved in an aluminum halide--alkali metal halide mixture in which the halide is a mixture of chloride and bromide, the aluminum halide is present in about stoichiometric quantity as to uranium and fission products and the alkali metal halide in a predominant quantity; the uranium- and electropositive fission-products-containing salt phase is separated from the electronegative-containing metal phase; more aluminum halide is added to the salt phase to obtain equimolarity as to the alkali metal halide; adding an excess of aluminum metal whereby uranium metal is formed and alloyed with the excess aluminum; and separating the uranium-aluminum alloy from the fission- productscontaining salt phase. (AEC)

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Originating Research Org. not identified
OSTI Identifier:
4767568
Patent Number(s):
3057717
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
NSA Number:
NSA-16-033077
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
CHEMISTRY; ALKALI METALS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM BROMIDES; ALUMINUM CHLORIDES; BROMIDES; CHLORIDES; DECONTAMINATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL ELEMENTS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; RECOVERY; REPROCESSING; SOLUTIONS; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS

Citation Formats

Moore, R H. PROCESSING OF URANIUM-METAL-CONTAINING FUEL ELEMENTS. United States: N. p., 1962. Web.
Moore, R H. PROCESSING OF URANIUM-METAL-CONTAINING FUEL ELEMENTS. United States.
Moore, R H. Mon . "PROCESSING OF URANIUM-METAL-CONTAINING FUEL ELEMENTS". United States.
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title = {PROCESSING OF URANIUM-METAL-CONTAINING FUEL ELEMENTS},
author = {Moore, R H},
abstractNote = {A process is given for recovering uranium from neutronbombarded uranium- aluminum alloys. The alloy is dissolved in an aluminum halide--alkali metal halide mixture in which the halide is a mixture of chloride and bromide, the aluminum halide is present in about stoichiometric quantity as to uranium and fission products and the alkali metal halide in a predominant quantity; the uranium- and electropositive fission-products-containing salt phase is separated from the electronegative-containing metal phase; more aluminum halide is added to the salt phase to obtain equimolarity as to the alkali metal halide; adding an excess of aluminum metal whereby uranium metal is formed and alloyed with the excess aluminum; and separating the uranium-aluminum alloy from the fission- productscontaining salt phase. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1962},
month = {10}
}

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