摘要:
THE INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF URANIUM BY ELUTION FROM AN ION EXCHANGE RESIN USING SULFURIC ACID AS THE ELUTING AGENT. THE ELUTION IS CONDUCTED IN A SERIES OF STAGES, EACH ELUTION STAGE BEING COUPLED WITH A SOLVENT EXTRACTION STAGE, THEREBY ACHIEVING A SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED RATE OF URANIUM ELUTION.
摘要:
A METHOD FOR PREPARING PARTICLES OF METAL HYDROXIDE GELS BY TREATING A CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF AT LEAST ONE HYDROLYZABLE METAL SALT, THE HYDROXIDE OF WHICH IS ONLY SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE IN WATER, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AMMONIA AND HEAT. THE SOLID SUBSTANCE THUS OBTAINED IS SEPARATED, WASHED AND HEATED THEREBY CONVERTING THE SOLID SUBSTANCE TO METAL OXIDE PARTICLES. THE HYDROLYZABLE METAL SALT STARTING MATERIALS ARE CONCENTRATED SOLUTIONS ANION-DEFICIENT METAL SALT SOLUTIONS, HAVING A RATIO OF CONJUGATED BASE TO METAL LOWER THAN THAT OF THE NORMAL SALT. WHEN A NITRATE-DEFENDANT URANYL NITRATE SOLUTION IS MIXED WIT AN AMMONIA-RELEASING AGENT, THEN DISPERSED IN A HOT PHASE IMMISCIBLE WITH THE AQUEOUS PHASE, THE RESULTING SOLIDIFICATION PRODUCES MICROSPHERES OF URANYL NITRATE, WHICH ARE USEFUL AS FUEL CELLS IN NUCLEAR REACTORS.
摘要:
An improved process for recovering irradiated nuclear reactor fuel material is disclosed. This process includes the steps of extracting uranium, plutonium and neptunium from a solution of irradiated fuel, passing this stream to a reflux column, where a high saturation of uranium is maintained. Separation of uranium from plutonium and neptunium, and further decontamination of uranium results from this high saturation. This process is simple, has a high recovery efficiency and high decontamination, uses relatively small amounts of process reagents and produces a relatively small volume of radioactive waste material.
摘要:
This invention relates to a method of selectively removing neptunium values from a gaseous mixture containing neptunium hexafluoride and uranium hexafluoride by passing the mixture through a bed of pelletized cobaltous fluoride at a temperature in the range 220* F. to 440* F. to effect removal of neptunium by the cobaltous fluoride.
摘要:
Plutonium dioxide is more soluble in molten magnesium chloride than is uranium dioxide. Separation of plutonium from a mixture of plutonium dioxide and uranium oxides is accomplished by dissolving the plutonium dioxide from the mixture with magnesium chloride and separating the undissolved uranium oxides.
摘要:
A METHOD FOR PREPARING STABLE URANIA-PLUTONIA SOLS WHICH EXHIBIT MINIMAL OXIDATION-REDUCTION BETWEEN THE TETRAVALENT IONIC SPECIES IS PROVIDED BY PREPARING A NITRATESTABILIZED POLYMERIC TETRAVALENT PLUTONIUM SOL BY ALCOHOL EXTRACTION OF A PLUTONIUM NITRATE SOLUTION, MIXING THE TETRAVALENT PLUTONIUM SOL WITH A CRYSTALLINE, NITRATESTABILIZED, TETRAVALENT URANIUM SOL AND THEREAFTER REMOVING NITRATE BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION.
摘要:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ELEMENT 95, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE DISSOLVING A NEUTRON-IRRADIATED MASS OF URANIUM CONTAINING A TRANSURANIC FRACTION COMPRISING PREDOMINANTLY PLUTONIUM WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST ABOUT 0.01% OF THE ISOTOPE 94**241 AND A DETECTABLE QUANTITY OF ELEMENT 95 IN AN AQUEOUS ACIDIC SOLUTION, OXIDIZING THE PLUTONIUM CONTAINED IN THE RESULTING SOLUTION TO A VALENT STATE GREATER THAN +4, REMOVING URANIUM FISSION PRODUCTS AND ELEMENT 95 THEREFROM BY MEANS OF A WATER-INSOLUBLE RARE EARTH SALT CARRIER, DISSOLVING THE CARRIER PRECIPITATE THUS OBTAINED, INTRODUCING FLOUSILICATE IONS INTO THE RESULTING SOLUTION, CONTACTING SAID SOLUTION WITH A WATER-INSOLUBLE RARE EARTH SALT CARRIER FOR SAID FISSION PRODUCTS AND SEPARATING THE RESULTING PRECIPITATE, ADDING SUFFICIENT HYDROFLUORIC ACID TO RENDER THE SUPERNATANT SOLUTION THUS OBTAINED FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6 M WITH RESPECT THERETO, THEREAFTER CONTACTING THE SOLUTION WITH A WATER-INSOLUBLE RARE EARTH SALT CARRIER FOR ELEMENT 95, AND SEPARATING THE CARRIER PRECIPITATE FROM THE SOLUTION.