Actinide metal processing
Abstract
A process of converting an actinide metal such as thorium, uranium, or plnium to an actinide oxide material by admixing the actinide metal in an aqueous medium with a hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent for sufficient time to form the actinide oxide material and recovering the actinide oxide material is provided together with a low temperature process of preparing an actinide oxide nitrate such as uranyl nitrte. Additionally, a composition of matter comprising the reaction product of uranium metal and sodium hypochlorite is provided, the reaction product being an essentially insoluble uranium oxide material suitable for disposal or long term storage.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868204
- Patent Number(s):
- 5098677
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01F - COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM, CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THE RARE-EARTH METALS
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- actinide; metal; processing; process; converting; thorium; uranium; plnium; oxide; material; admixing; aqueous; medium; hypochlorite; oxidizing; agent; sufficient; time; form; recovering; provided; temperature; preparing; nitrate; uranyl; nitrte; additionally; composition; matter; comprising; reaction; product; sodium; essentially; insoluble; suitable; disposal; term; storage; term storage; material suitable; matter comprising; uranium oxide; aqueous medium; reaction product; uranium metal; sufficient time; oxide material; oxidizing agent; actinide metal; temperature process; sodium hypochlorite; actinide oxide; oxidizing agen; /423/252/
Citation Formats
Sauer, Nancy N, and Watkin, John G. Actinide metal processing. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Sauer, Nancy N, & Watkin, John G. Actinide metal processing. United States.
Sauer, Nancy N, and Watkin, John G. Wed .
"Actinide metal processing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868204.
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title = {Actinide metal processing},
author = {Sauer, Nancy N and Watkin, John G},
abstractNote = {A process of converting an actinide metal such as thorium, uranium, or plnium to an actinide oxide material by admixing the actinide metal in an aqueous medium with a hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent for sufficient time to form the actinide oxide material and recovering the actinide oxide material is provided together with a low temperature process of preparing an actinide oxide nitrate such as uranyl nitrte. Additionally, a composition of matter comprising the reaction product of uranium metal and sodium hypochlorite is provided, the reaction product being an essentially insoluble uranium oxide material suitable for disposal or long term storage.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
}
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