PROCESS DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY REPORT. II. PILOT PLANT WORK

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1957

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4178224· OSTI ID:4178224

Kuhlman, N ed

Progress is reported on the gross solubility of U in digestions of Mallinokrodt feed materials, studies of variables affecting U purity in a TBP hexane extraction cycle, low-acid flowsheet for TBP--hexane extraction process based on a 440 g U/liter in lM HNO/sub 3/ digest liquor, hacking studies in the pilot plant pumperdecanter system, recovery of U from residues from the dingot process, lowering the H level in dingot metal, forging of dingot bar stock, dingot extrusion, fubrication of UO/sub 2/ fuel elements, and the determination of H content of derby and ingot metal. (W.L.H.)

• Research Organization: Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis (Missouri)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-14-108-ENG-8
• NSA Number: NSA-14-017893
• OSTI ID: 4178224
• Report Number(s): MCW-1402
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Decl. Mar. 31, 1960. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CHEMISTRY
BUTYL PHOSPHATES
EXTRUSION
FABRICATION
FUEL ELEMENTS
HEXANE
HYDROGEN
METALS
MIXING
NITRIC ACID
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RECOVERY
RESIDUES
SOLUBILITY
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
URANIUM
URANIUM DIOXIDE