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Blending Low Enriched Uranium with Depleted Uranium to Create a Source Material Ore that can be Processed for the Recovery of Yellowcake at a Conventional Uranium Mill.

DE2004825875

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Schutt, S. M.; Hochstein, R. F.; Frydenlund, D. C.; Thompson, A. J.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Throughout the United States Department of Energy (DOE) complex, there are a number of streams of low enriched uranium (LEU) that contain various trace contaminants. These surplus nuclear materials require processing in order to meet commercial fuel cycle specifications. To date, they have not been designated as waste for disposal at the DOE's Nevada Test Site (NTS). Currently, with no commercial outlet available, the DOE is evaluating treatment and disposal as the ultimate disposition path for these materials. This paper will describe an innovative program that will provide a solution to DOE that will allow disposition of these materials at a cost that will be competitive with treatment and disposal at the NTS, while at the same time recycling the material to recover a valuable energy resource (yellowcake) for reintroduction into the commercial nuclear fuel cycle.
Keywords	Materials recovery Depleted uranium Feed materials plants Enriched uranium Energy resources Processing Recycling Uranium Nuclear fuels Blending Mixing Fuel cycle Waste treatment Waste management Low enriched uranium Yellowcake Uranium source Material ore
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., West Valley, NY.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509

Blending Low Enriched Uranium with Depleted Uranium to Create a Source Material Ore that can be Processed for the Recovery of Yellowcake at a Conventional Uranium Mill.

Blending Low Enriched Uranium with Depleted Uranium to Create a Source Material Ore that can be Processed for the Recovery of Yellowcake at a Conventional Uranium Mill.
DE2004825875

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Schutt, S. M.; Hochstein, R. F.; Frydenlund, D. C.; Thompson, A. J.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Throughout the United States Department of Energy (DOE) complex, there are a number of streams of low enriched uranium (LEU) that contain various trace contaminants. These surplus nuclear materials require processing in order to meet commercial fuel cycle specifications. To date, they have not been designated as waste for disposal at the DOE's Nevada Test Site (NTS). Currently, with no commercial outlet available, the DOE is evaluating treatment and disposal as the ultimate disposition path for these materials. This paper will describe an innovative program that will provide a solution to DOE that will allow disposition of these materials at a cost that will be competitive with treatment and disposal at the NTS, while at the same time recycling the material to recover a valuable energy resource (yellowcake) for reintroduction into the commercial nuclear fuel cycle.
Keywords	Materials recovery Depleted uranium Feed materials plants Enriched uranium Energy resources Processing Recycling Uranium Nuclear fuels Blending Mixing Fuel cycle Waste treatment Waste management Low enriched uranium Yellowcake Uranium source Material ore
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., West Valley, NY.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200509