Method for recovery of actinides from actinide-bearing scrap and waste nuclear material using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/
Abstract
Method for recovery of actinides from nuclear waste material containing sintered and other oxides thereof and from scrap materials containing the metal actinides using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/ to generate the hexafluorides of the actinides present therein. The fluorinating agent, O/sub 2/F/sub 2/, has been observed to perform the above-described tasks at sufficiently low temperatures that there is virtually no damage to the containment vessels. Moreover, the resulting actinide hexafluorides are not detroyed by high temperature reactions with the walls of the reaction vessel. Dioxygen difluoride is readily prepared, stored and transferred to the place of reaction.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5808097
- Application Number:
- ON: DE85011587
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ACTINIDES; RECOVERY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; BY-PRODUCTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE OXIDES; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM FLUORIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SINTERED MATERIALS; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing; 050600 - Nuclear Fuels- By-Products- (-1987)
Citation Formats
Asprey, L B, and Eller, P G. Method for recovery of actinides from actinide-bearing scrap and waste nuclear material using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Asprey, L B, & Eller, P G. Method for recovery of actinides from actinide-bearing scrap and waste nuclear material using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/. United States.
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"Method for recovery of actinides from actinide-bearing scrap and waste nuclear material using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/". United States.
@article{osti_5808097,
title = {Method for recovery of actinides from actinide-bearing scrap and waste nuclear material using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/},
author = {Asprey, L B and Eller, P G},
abstractNote = {Method for recovery of actinides from nuclear waste material containing sintered and other oxides thereof and from scrap materials containing the metal actinides using O/sub 2/F/sub 2/ to generate the hexafluorides of the actinides present therein. The fluorinating agent, O/sub 2/F/sub 2/, has been observed to perform the above-described tasks at sufficiently low temperatures that there is virtually no damage to the containment vessels. Moreover, the resulting actinide hexafluorides are not detroyed by high temperature reactions with the walls of the reaction vessel. Dioxygen difluoride is readily prepared, stored and transferred to the place of reaction.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {9}
}