Open AccessTHE ZIRFLEX PROCESS INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Author(s) -
A.M. Platt,
C.R. Cooley
Publication year - 1959
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4172376
Subject(s) - plutonium , waste management , nuclear engineering , environmental science , interim , pilot plant , breeder reactor , process engineering , engineering , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , archaeology , history
The Zircaloy-clad fuels and the application of the Zirflex Process for dissolution are discussed. Zirflex chemical flowsheets are presented as developed by pilot plant operatlons. The Zirflex Process is applicable to the reprocessing of fuels from the Dresden Reactor and the PWR Reactor. Other applications of the process are the Plutonium Recycle Test Reactor fuels and the New Production Reactor fuels, possible fuels from the Experimental Breeder Reactor; NPD-2 fuels; and fuels from Carolina-Virginia Nuclear Power Associates Reactor. (W.L.H.