Published January 1966
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Skull Oxide Disposition and Treatment
Creators
Description
In the melt refining operation, in which volatile and chemically active ..fission products are removed from the fuel alloy, a residue or skull containing about 5% of the alloy charged remains in the crucible when the : ingot is poured. It was initially intended that the uranium in the skull be recovered at least on a demonstration basis, by the Ebr-II Skull Reclamation Process (ANL-6818; this report, Section IC).
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Chemical Engineering Division Semiannual Report
- Imprint Pagination
- 236 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 60-61
- Report number
- ANL--7225
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 53051923
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ALLOYS; EBR-2 REACTOR; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; RESIDUES; URANIUM; VOLATILITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; BREEDER REACTORS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FUELS; ISOTOPES; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; MATERIALS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 1 fig.