CHEMICAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY. Quarterly Progress Report, July-September 1963

Uranium Recovery From Aluminum Alloyed Fuel Icpp Run No. 21

“…Decontamination f a c t o r s (DF's) f o r uranium based on t h r e e s e t s uf s w p l e s taken from each e x t r a c t i o n cycle a r e shown i n Table 111. The average DF's f o r uranium i n t h e f i r s t and second e x t r a c t i o n cycles a r e similar ( 9 ) t o those reported f o r t h e previous aluminum processing campaign, Run 20 , however, t h e average DF's f o r t h e t h i r d e x t r a c t i o n cycle were much higher than those reported f o r t h e previous run. Consequently, o v e r a l l average DF's f o r t h e t h r e e e x t r a c t i o n cycles were.about a f a c t o r of t e n higher than those reported f o r Run 20.…”