Fluorination process using catalysts
Abstract
A process is given for converting an actinide compound selected from the group consisting of uranium oxides, plutonium oxides, uranium tetrafluorides, plutonium tetrafluorides and mixtures of said oxides and tetrafluorides, to the corresponding volatile actinide hexafluoride by fluorination with a stoichiometric excess of fluorine gas. The improvement involves conducting the fluorination of the plutonium compounds in the presence of a fluoride catalyst selected from the group consisting of CoF/sub 3/, AgF/sub 2/ and NiF/sub 2/, whereby the fluorination is significantly enhanced. The improvement also involves conducting the fluorination of one of the uranium compounds in the presence of a fluoride catalyst selected from the group consisting of CoF/sub 3/ and AgF/sub 2/, whereby the fluorination is significantly enhanced.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6929092
- Application Number:
- ON: DE84011231
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy ERA-09-025392; EDB-84-080601
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; FLUORINATION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; CATALYSTS; COBALT FLUORIDES; NICKEL FLUORIDES; SILVER FLUORIDES; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM FLUORIDES 050400* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Feed Processing
Citation Formats
Hochel, R.C., and Saturday, K.A. Fluorination process using catalysts. United States: N. p., 1983.
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@article{osti_6929092,
title = {Fluorination process using catalysts},
author = {Hochel, R.C. and Saturday, K.A.},
abstractNote = {A process is given for converting an actinide compound selected from the group consisting of uranium oxides, plutonium oxides, uranium tetrafluorides, plutonium tetrafluorides and mixtures of said oxides and tetrafluorides, to the corresponding volatile actinide hexafluoride by fluorination with a stoichiometric excess of fluorine gas. The improvement involves conducting the fluorination of the plutonium compounds in the presence of a fluoride catalyst selected from the group consisting of CoF/sub 3/, AgF/sub 2/ and NiF/sub 2/, whereby the fluorination is significantly enhanced. The improvement also involves conducting the fluorination of one of the uranium compounds in the presence of a fluoride catalyst selected from the group consisting of CoF/sub 3/ and AgF/sub 2/, whereby the fluorination is significantly enhanced.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1983},
month = {8}
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