Open AccessImprovements to Task 1 and Task 2 234-5 Building
Author(s) -
J.R. Fritz,
C.F. Yuenger,
John Weeks
Publication year - 1956
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/95564
Subject(s) - plutonium , slurry , task (project management) , oxalate , calcination , purex , process engineering , radiochemistry , process (computing) , computer science , environmental science , chemistry , waste management , nuclear engineering , engineering , inorganic chemistry , operating system , systems engineering , extraction (chemistry) , environmental engineering , solvent extraction , chromatography , biochemistry , catalysis
In the P234-5 Building operation, Task I consists of converting plutonium nitrate solution received from the primary separations plants to a plutonium oxalate slurry. The slurry is filtered and the filter cake is transferred to Task II while the filtrate is treated and returned for further processing in either Recuplex, Redox, or Purex. The basic Task II process consists of calcining the plutonium oxalate cake to form plutonium dioxide. The plutonium dioxide is then fluorinated to form plutonium tetrafluoride which is transferred to Task III for further processing. Various alternate schemes for increasing production have been studied by the Technical and Design Sections during the past several months. The results of these studies are available in references (10) and (11). It is the purpose of this document to describe in detail the new equipment required for replacing Task I and II and to serve as a basis for detailed design of the proposed project