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Demonstration of Jackhammer Incorporating Depleted Uranium.

DE200515013399

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Fishcer, L. E.; Hoard, R. W.; Carter, D. L.
Page Count	28
Abstract	The United States government currently has an abundance of depleted uranium (DU). This surplus of about 1 billion pounds is the result of an enrichment process using gaseous diffusion to produce enriched and depleted uranium. The enriched uranium has been used primarily for either nuclear weapons for the military or nuclear for the commercial power industry. Most of the depleted uranium remains at the enrichment process plants in the form of depleted uranium hexafluoride. The Department of Energy (DOE) recently began a study to identify possible commercial applications for the surplus material. One of the potential applications is to use the DU in high-density strikers/hammers in pneumatically driven tools, such as jack hammers and piledrivers to improve their impulse performance. The use of DU could potentially increase tunneling velocity and excavation into target materials with improved efficiency.
Keywords	Depleted uranium Tools Uranium hexafluoride Nuclear fuels Nuclear weapons Enrichment Diffusion Chippers Industrial plants Radioactive waste management Hammers Velocity Excavation Jackhammers
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200604

Demonstration of Jackhammer Incorporating Depleted Uranium.

Demonstration of Jackhammer Incorporating Depleted Uranium.
DE200515013399

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Fishcer, L. E.; Hoard, R. W.; Carter, D. L.
Page Count	28
Abstract	The United States government currently has an abundance of depleted uranium (DU). This surplus of about 1 billion pounds is the result of an enrichment process using gaseous diffusion to produce enriched and depleted uranium. The enriched uranium has been used primarily for either nuclear weapons for the military or nuclear for the commercial power industry. Most of the depleted uranium remains at the enrichment process plants in the form of depleted uranium hexafluoride. The Department of Energy (DOE) recently began a study to identify possible commercial applications for the surplus material. One of the potential applications is to use the DU in high-density strikers/hammers in pneumatically driven tools, such as jack hammers and piledrivers to improve their impulse performance. The use of DU could potentially increase tunneling velocity and excavation into target materials with improved efficiency.
Keywords	Depleted uranium Tools Uranium hexafluoride Nuclear fuels Nuclear weapons Enrichment Diffusion Chippers Industrial plants Radioactive waste management Hammers Velocity Excavation Jackhammers
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200604