Published February 1982
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Direct reduction of 238PuO2 and 239PuO2 to metal
Description
The process for reducing 700 g 239PuO2 to metal is a standard procedure at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This process is based on research for reducing 200 g 238PuO2 to metal. This report describes in detail the experiments and development of the 200-g process. The procedure uses calcium metal as the reducing agent in a molten CaCl2 solvent system. The process to convert impure plutonia to high-purity metal by oxide reduction followed by electrorefining is also described
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 19 p.
- Report number
- LA--9073
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14719074
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTROREFINING; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; REDUCTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; REFINING; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS