摘要:
A multicomponent fluid feed apparatus is disclosed that independently preheats and then mixes two or more fluid streams being introduced into a high temperature chemical reactor to promote more rigorous and complete reactions using assemblies of inert tubular elements and an integral mixing orifice plate. The design allows use of ceramic and speciality alloy materials for high temperature service with particularly corrosive halide feeds such as UF.sub.6 and HF. Radiant heat transfer to the tubular elements from external means gives the necessary system high temperatures without excessive temperatures to cause material failure. Preheating of the gaseous reactants in a separate step prior to mixing and injecting the gaseous reactants into a high temperature chemical reactor was found to provide an improved thermal conversion of UF.sub.6 to uranium oxides.
摘要:
Impure phosphoric acid containing uranium values is pretreated with a water immiscible organic sulfonic acid, preferably in conjunction with a water immiscible organic acid phosphate compound, for extraction of ionic metallic impurities and organic impurities to produce pretreated phosphoric acid containing uranium values. Pretreated phosphoric acid is contacted with a water immiscible extractant comprising an organic uranium-extracting agent, preferably an organophosphorus compound, dissolved in a water immiscible organic diluent to produce uranium-depleted phosphoric acid and uranium-enriched extractant. Uranium is recovered from the uranium-enriched extractant.
摘要:
Uniform spherical fuel and/or fertile particles are formed by conversion of an oscillating liquid stream of a uranium and/or thorium compound solution flowing from at least one nozzle in an amount of more than 3,000 drops per minute by allowing these drops to fall into an ammonia solution and subsequently drying and sintering the particles thus formed. Before immersion in the ammonia solution the drops are first allowed to pass through a falling zone free of ammonia, this zone is so regulated that the drops have taken on their exact spherical form and then the drops are passed through a second falling zone containing flowing ammonia gas, whereby the ammonia gas is introduced into this second falling zone through at least one inlet conduit in such manner that there is guaranteed not only an ammonia gas flow in the opposite direction to that of the falling drops but also a horizontal cross current of the ammonia gas through the space between the drops and this second falling zone is so regulated that the spherical drops are sufficiently hardened before immersion in the ammonia solution.
摘要:
Uranium yields, derived from alkaline leaching of a uranium ore, are increased and at the same time the need for fresh water to dissolve a flocculant is eliminated by using sodium polyacrylate as the flocculant, diluted with and dissolved by system water.
摘要:
Uranium is separated from contaminating cations in an aqueous liquor containing uranyl ions. The liquor is mixed with sufficient recycled uranium complex to raise the weight ratio of uranium to said cations preferably to at least about three. The liquor is then extracted with at least enough non-interfering, water-immiscible, organic solvent to theoretically extract about all of the uranium in the liquor. The oganic solvent contains a reagent which reacts with the uranyl ions to form a complex soluble in the solvent. If the aqueous liquor is acidic, the organic solvent is then scrubbed with water. The organic solvent is stripped with a solution containing at least enough ammonium carbonate to pecipitate the uranium complex. A portion of the uranium complex is recycled and the remainder can be collected and calcined to produce U.sub.3 O.sub.8 or UO.sub.2.
摘要:
The production of UF.sub.6 in which UF.sub.4 is reacted with air or oxygen in the presence of a catalyst at 500.degree. to 700.degree.C. The solid byproduct of this reaction is reduced with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst at 400.degree. to 600.degree.C. Fresh UO.sub.3 may also be reduced with hydrogen in the same reactor as UO.sub.2 F.sub.2. The reduction product or products are reacted with hydrogen fluoride at 400.degree. to 600.degree.C, producing UF.sub.4 which would be recycled for further reaction to produce UF.sub.6.
摘要:
A fluorine containing heavy-metal oxide powder, particularly UO.sub.2 powder, is subjected to a pyrohydrolysis treatment under the most complete exclusion of hydrogen.
摘要:
Uranium is recovered from a solution containing phosphoric acid, uranium in the hexavalent state and a chloride salt from the group consisting of alkali metal chloride, alkaline earth metal chloride, ammonium chloride and mixtures thereof, such as a solution obtained by hydrochloride acid digestion of phosphate rock. The phosphoric acid is extracted from the solution before the uranium is recovered from the remaining constituents thereof. Extraction degradation and emulsification of the organic layer previously employed in organic solvent extraction methods are eliminated, and the uranium is recovered at low cost and in a highly efficient manner.
摘要:
A salient part of the disclosure describes a method for separating U235 isotope from U238 isotope comprising introducing a solution containing a reducing cation such as Ti 3 into a cation-exchange resin column, thereafter introducing a uranyl solution containing both U235 and U238 isotopes, followed by introduction of a solution containing an oxidizing agent such as Fe 3 and thereafter separately recovering uranyl solutions containing uranium which is enriched in U235 isotope and uranium which is correspondingly depleted in U235 isotope.