Multi-Purpose Dissolver Information Manual (open access)

Multi-Purpose Dissolver Information Manual

The multi-purpose dissolver was designed to provide: 1. A critically safe vessel for dissolving uranium metal of enrichments up to one percent U-235. 2. A vessel which can be charged with fuel elements up to 10 feet long. 3. An off-gas arrangement which will eliminate return of ammonia to the dissolver during the Zirflex decladding process. 4. A vessel in which small charges can be dissolved without using extra chemicals. 5. A by-pass routing around the silver reactor during cladding removal.
Date: March 4, 1960
Creator: Simonds, H. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library