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SUMMARY TECHNICAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1956 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1956

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John W. Simmons

Publication year - 1956

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/4117506

Subject(s) - uranium , uranyl nitrate , thorium , metallurgy , materials science , dissolution , precipitation , nuclear chemistry , radiochemistry , chemistry , physics , meteorology

The activities of the Technical Division, including the HNO/sub 3/ recovery process, a study of UO/sub 3/ factors as related to the production of metal-grade UF/sub 4/, a thermobalance investigation of starch as a reducing agent for UO/sub 3/, reduction of UF/sub 4/ to uranium by a thermite type reaction, melting and casting of Nb-U alloy, uranium recovery from scrap materials, preparation of uranium shot, cal cium reduction of ThO/sub 2/ production of thorium ingots, "wet chemical" and spectrochemical development, ammonia precipitation and filtration studies from uranyl nitrate solutions and preparation of active UO/sub 2/ from UF/sub 6/ are reviewed. (W.L.H.

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