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Uranium ingot casting method with Uranium deposit in a Pyroprocessing  

Lee, Yoon-Sang (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Choon-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Sung-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Jeong-Guk (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Han-Soo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.8, no.1, 2010 , pp. 85-89 More about this Journal
Abstract
The uranium ingot casting process is one of the steps which consolidate uranium deposits produced by electrorefiner as an ingot form in a pryprocessing technique. This paper introduces new design concept of the ingot casting equipment and the performance test results of the lab-scale ingot casting equipment fabricated based on the design concept. Casting equipment produces the uranium ingot by pouring an uranium melt into a mold by tilting a melting crucible. Also it is equipped with a cup which is able to continuously feed uranium deposits into a melting crucible. The productivity could be significantly enhanced by introducing the continuous operation concept.
Keywords
Pyroprocessing; Uranium casting; Uranium ingot;
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