Comparison of costs of conventional fluorination and improved fluorox processes for the production of uranium hexafluoride

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dc.contributor.authorCharlton, BGen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:25:27Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:36:44Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:25:27Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:36:44Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1975-05en_AU
dc.description.abstractCapital and operating costs for direct fluorination and two schemes of improved Fluorox plants are compared for a uranium throughput of 3,000 Mg y-1. Scheme I involves the recycle of uranyl fluoride (UO2F2) through separate reduction and hydrofluorination steps, while in Scheme II the reduction and hydrofluorination of recycle UO2F2 is carried out in one step. There are savings in total capital requirement of approximately $982,000 for the Scheme I Fluorox plant and approximately $2,156,000 for the Scheme II Fluorox plant compared with a total capital requirement of approximately $14.6 x 106 for the conversion of yellow cake to uranium hexafluoride via direct fluorination. Annual expenditures (including capital charges) are reduced by $480,000 and $848,000 for the two Fluorox plants respectively, saving $0.16 kg-1 and $0.28 kg-1 respectively in the cost of conversion of yellow cake to uranium hexafluoride compared with $2.43 kg-1 reported for a direct fluorination plant.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationCharlton, B. G. (1975). Comparison of costs of conventional fluorination and improved fluorox processes for the production of uranium hexafluoride (AAEC/E358). Lucas Heights, NSW: Research Establishment, Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc574en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-E-358en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/564en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectCosten_AU
dc.subjectFluorinationen_AU
dc.subjectUraniumen_AU
dc.subjectUranium oxides U308en_AU
dc.titleComparison of costs of conventional fluorination and improved fluorox processes for the production of uranium hexafluorideen_AU
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