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Title:
THE SALT CYCLE PROCESS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
FUEL RECOVERYHIGH TEMPERATURE SEPARATION PROCESSESPLUTONIUM RECYCLE TEST REACTOR
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:
1960 Aug 01
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
13
Accession Number:
RL-1-381351
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-1936
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Aug 24
Description/Abstract:
A CLOSE-COUPLED PROCESS IN DEVELOPMENT, THE GOAL OF WHICH IS A PU FUEL RECYCLE TECHNOLOGY WHICH WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF THERMAL, HETEROGENEOUS REACTORS. THE FEED TO THEPROCESS WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF THERMAL, HETEROGENEOUS REACTORS. THE FEED TO THE PROCESS WILL BE SPENT UO2 ENCASED IN ONE OF THE CONVENTIONAL CLADDING ALLOYS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEPARATE THE FUEL MATERIAL FROM THE CLADDING ALLOYS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SEPARATE THE FUEL MATERIAL FROM THE CLADDING, DISSOLVE THE FUEL MATERIAL READJUST THE PU-U RATIO TO YIELD THE DESIRED REACTIVITY IN THE MATERIAL TO BE RECYCLED, AND RECOVER OXIDE PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR REMOTE REFABRICATION INTO FUEL ELEMENTS. DEGREE OF FP SEPARATION WILL BE A MATTER OF ECONOMICS