Process and apparatus for producing microspheres of fissile and/or fertile materials
US4615834A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process and an apparatus are, herein, disclosed for producing microspheres of fissile and/or fertile materials with a high degree of sphericity from a feed solution starter containing at least one metal salt selected from among thorium, uranium and plutonium by using as a gelling medium an organic solvent that has a higher density and a greater interfacial tension with water than the feed solution and which is capable of dissolving ammonia.
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