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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/KCERS.2002.39.2.204

Uranium Recovery from Nuclear Fuel Powder Conversion Plant Filtrate and its Thermal Decomposition Characteristics  

Jeong, Kyung-Chai (KALIMER Technology Development Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jeong, Ji-Young (KALIMER Technology Development Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Byung-Ho (KALIMER Technology Development Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Tae-Joon (KALIMER Technology Development Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Jong-Hyeun (KALIMER Technology Development Team, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Abstract
In this study, $UO_4{\cdot}2NH_4F$, the precipitates which has low solubility, was obtained by chemical precipitation method to recover and reuse the trace uranium from the liquid waste producing in AUC process and for this compound it was characterized by means of chemical analysis, TG-DTA, XRD and FT-IR analyses. This compound was analyzed as $UO_4{\cdot}2NH_4F$ and shape of this precipitate was hexagonal type, having the size of 2∼3 ${\mu}m$. Also, the intermediates were obtained as $UO_4F,\;UO_4,\;UO_3,\;and\;U_3O_8$ by the thermal decomposition over the temperature of 220, 310, 515 and 640$^{\circ}C$, respectively. It is concluded that under the condition of a constant heating rate of 5$^{\circ}C$/min in air atmosphere range of between room temperature and 800$^{\circ}C$, thermal decomposition reaction mechanism of $UO_4{\cdot}2NH_4F$ is as follow; $UO_4{\cdot}2NH_4F{\rightarrow}UO_4F{\rightarrow}UO_4{\rightarrow}UO_3{\rightarrow}U_3O_8$.
Keywords
Nuclear fuel; AUC; $UO_4$; Thermal decomposition; Conversion;
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