Atomic Energy Commission Reports

Abstract: A re-evaluation of the cost of producing essentially hafnium free zirconium as zirconium oxide at a rate of 150,000-200,000 pounds zirconium per year by solvent extraction of the metal thiocyanates in a permanent plant has been made. Using part of the present temporary facilities, the cost, with five year amortization of the plant, will be $3.15 per pound zirconium. A by-product of the mixed oxides of hafnium and zirconium, having at least fifty percent hafnium and perhaps as high as ninety percent hafnium, can be made available with little additional cost

The recovery of uranium from reduction residues by semicontinuous ion exchange /

Work performed by Union Carbide Corporation at Oakridge National Laboratory, Y-12 Plant.Y-1257"Contract No. W-7405-eng-26 with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.""Date Issued: Oct 29 1959 ; Report Number: Y-1257 ; Subject category: Chemistry--General TID-4500 (15th Ed.).""July 9, 1959."Includes bibliographical references (leaf 20).Mode of access: Internet

Atomic Energy Commission Reports

This report describes the circumstances leading to the accident, attempts to reconstruct the nuclear reactivity conditions, and reviews the dosimetric means and results which were used to help determine the exposure of affected employees