Considerations in the Development of a Process to Manufacture Low-enriched Uranium Foil Fuel for the High Flux Isotope Reactor

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2007 International RERTR Meeting

Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the Meeting

Status Report on Technical Progress for LEU-based ⁹⁹Mo Production at Argonne National Laboratory

Allen Bakel, Artem Guelis, Lohman Hafenrichter, Andrew Hebden, James Jerden,
Argentina Leyva, Kevin Quigley, Dominique Stepinski, and George F. Vandegrift
Chemical Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439-4837 USA

ABSTRACT

Currently, most of the world's supply of ⁹⁹Mo is produced from the fissioning ²³⁵U in highenriched uranium (HEU) targets. Conversion of these targets to low-enriched uranium (LEU) would ease worldwide concern over the use and transport of this weapons-grade material. This paper documents our progress in three development areas: (1) the chemistry of iodine and its recovery from irradiated uranium targets, (2) alternate uranium metal target dissolution methods compatible with existing alkaline ion exchange processes and, (3) a small-foot-print dissolver for the LEU-modified Cintichem process.

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Status Report on Technical Progress for LEU-based ⁹⁹Mo Production at Argonne National Laboratory, A. Bakel et al.
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2007 International RERTR Meeting

Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the Meeting

Status Report on Technical Progress for LEU-based 99Mo Production at Argonne National Laboratory

Status Report on Technical Progress for LEU-based ⁹⁹Mo Production at Argonne National Laboratory