Preliminary Design Requirements Argonne Boiling Reactor (ARBOR) Facility (open access)

Preliminary Design Requirements Argonne Boiling Reactor (ARBOR) Facility

From Introduction: "Descriptions of the functional requirements of the facility, together with preliminary concepts of methods for meeting them, are presented in this prospectus."
Date: July 15, 1957
Creator: Fromm, L. W.; Bernsen, S. A.; Bullinger, C. F. & Matousek, J. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Engineering Division Summary Report for January, February, and March 1957 (open access)

Chemical Engineering Division Summary Report for January, February, and March 1957

A fused fluoride process for dissolution of zirconium-uranium fuel alloys is being developed. The alloy is dissolved in an equimolar sodium fluoride-zirconium fluoride melt at 600°C by sparging the system with hydrogen fluoride. The uranium is volatilized from the melt as the hexafluoride by a sparging operation with fluorine or bromine pentafluoride vapor. This product is then decontaminated and purified by fractional distillation.
Date: July 1957
Creator: Lawroski, Stephen; Rodger, W. A.; Vogel, R. C. & Munnecke, V. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library