EXPLOSIVE REACTIONS DURING REPROCESSING OF REACTOR FUELS CONTAINING URANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM OR NIOBIUM
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Small particles of zirconinm formed during mechancal operations have caused serious industrial explosions. Particles of this type will not be encountered during aqueous chemical reprocessing. However, small panticles of metallic phases rich in zirconium or niobium, produced by selective leaching of a more reactive uranium-rich phase, can enter into violently explosive reactions. The conditions under which explosions with zirconium-bearing alloys may be expected during chemical reprocessing have…
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Date:
November 13, 1958
Creator:
Gens, T.A.
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