Process for electrolytically preparing uranium metal

Haas, Paul A

Title: Process for electrolytically preparing uranium metal

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A process for making uranium metal from uranium oxide by first fluorinating uranium oxide to form uranium tetrafluoride and next electrolytically reducing the uranium tetrafluoride with a carbon anode to form uranium metal and CF.sub.4. The CF.sub.4 is reused in the fluorination reaction rather than being disposed of as a hazardous waste.

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Haas, Paul A ^[1]

Knoxville, TN

Issue Date:: 1989-01-01

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 875238

Patent Number(s):: H659

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: process; electrolytically; preparing; uranium; metal; oxide; fluorinating; form; tetrafluoride; reducing; carbon; anode; cf; reused; fluorination; reaction; disposed; hazardous; waste; uranium tetrafluoride; carbon anode; form uranium; uranium oxide; hazardous waste; uranium metal; preparing uranium; /205/423/

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