Open AccessPREPARATION OF THORIUM OXIDE FROM ORNL THOREX THORIUM NITRATE
Author(s) -
W.T. McDuffee,
O.O. Yarbro
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4163707
Subject(s) - thorium , human decontamination , radiochemistry , nitrate , oxide , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , pilot plant , fluoride , environmental science , waste management , materials science , inorganic chemistry , uranium , metallurgy , engineering , organic chemistry
Thorium nitrate, removed from irradiated Th metal processed in the Thorex pilot plant, was converted to the oxide and then to the fluoride in one pilot-plant-scale and two laboratory-scale runs. Activity distributions, decontamination factors, and safety of the process are treated. (D.L.C.
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