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Title:
AN INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM METAL PRODUCED FROM UF4 WITH HIGH AND LOW OXYGEN CONTENTS
Subject Terms:
CastingFuel FabricationFuels and Materials EngineeringURANIUM (IV) FLUORIDES - OXYGEN EFFECTSURANIUM - PRODUCTION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1955 Jan 31
Declassification Date:
1960 Jan 29
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
3
Accession Number:
RL-1-360449
Document Number(s):
HW-32255
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Jan 09
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 14
Description/Abstract:
THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ON APPROXIMATELY 300 SLUGS FROM HIGH AND LOW AOI-WS UF4, CLEARLY INDICAT NO APPARENT DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF SLUGS PRODUCED FROM GREEN SALT WITH AOI-WS'S IN THE RANGEO F1.74 TO 3.53% BY WEIGHT. IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT THIS CONCLUSION CANNOT BE EXTRAPOLATED TO HIGHER AND LOWER AOI-WS'S AND THAT IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO DETECT THE EFFECT OF VARYING AMOUNTS OF OXYGEN IN THIS RANGE UNTIL THE OTHER SALIENT VARIABLES IN THE REDUCTION AND CASTING PROCESSES ARE UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL. PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS, INVESTIGATING VARIABLES IN REDUCTION IN CASTING, STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS LIMITATION UPON EXTENDING THE CONCLUSION OF THIS EVALUATION.


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