Table Of ContentJonathan S. Morrell · Mark J. Jackson
Editors
Uranium
Processing
and
Properties
Uranium Processing and Properties
Jonathan S. Morrell (cid:129) Mark J. Jackson
Editors
Uranium Processing
and Properties
Editors
JonathanS.Morrell MarkJ.Jackson
CompatibilityandSurveillanceSection CenterforAdvancedManufacturing
Y-12NationalSecurityComplex PurdueUniversity
OakRidge,TN WestLafayette,IN
USA USA
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Preface
The processing and properties of uranium and its alloys are the subject of much
scrutinyatthepresenttimeowingtoaresurgenceofactivityinthefieldofnuclear
technology. This book is a summary of work prepared by experts in the field of
uranium, with some special submissions based on presentations and papers
included at the “Processing of Specialty Metals with Emphasis on Depleted
Uranium Users’ Conferences” that were sponsored by the American Society of
Materials, Manufacturing Sciences Corporation, and the Y-12 National Security
ComplexatOakRidge,Tennessee.Theseconferencesoccurredin2004,2007,and
2010 with contributors from academia, industry, and government including the
Department of Energy—National Nuclear Security Administration laboratories
and facilities, and the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, United
Kingdom. The chapters provide an authoritative text on the current developments
inthefieldofprocessingandpropertiesofuranium.
Chapter 1 focuses on the physical, chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical
properties of uranium metal; Chap. 2 focuses on several casting and melting
techniques; Chaps. 3 and 4 cover machining with coated cutting tools and the
grinding parameters of uranium, respectively; Chap. 5 deals with aqueous extrac-
tiontechniques andprocesseswith emphasisonthe chemicalprinciplesinvolved;
Chaps. 6 and 7 focus on uranium corrosion with specific detail on the phase
relationships and kinetic processes describing the pure uranium–hydrogen binary
system and the ternary processes involving oxygen, respectively; Chap. 8 focuses
on the fundamentals supporting nondestructive evaluation techniques as well as
the methods themselves which are applicable to uranium systems; lastly, Chap. 9
covers developments of new medical isotope production using low-enriched
uraniumfuel.
The structure of the book is based on the materials provided by many
colleagues,andtheauthorwishestothankthecontributorsofthisbookforhelping
construct a current source of knowledge and information on uranium processing
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and properties as well as for granting the editors permission to use such material.
The editors also acknowledge the help and support of Merry Stuber and her
colleagues at Springer publishers for help in preparing the manuscript in a timely
manner.
OakRidge,TN,USA JonathanS.Morrell
WestLafayette,IN,USA MarkJ.Jackson
Contents
1 IntroductiontoUranium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
NathanR.Gubel,KennethH.Eckelmeyer,KimberlyN.Johnson,
MarkJ.Jackson,andJonathanS.Morrell
2 MeltingandCastingofUranium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
EdwardB.Ripley
3 MachiningofUraniumandUraniumAlloyswithCoated
CuttingTools. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . 71
MarkJ.Jackson,GrantM.Robinson,MichaelD.Whitfield,
RodneyG.Handy,andJonathanS.Morrell
4 GrindingofUraniumandUraniumAlloys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
MarkJ.Jackson,MichealD.Whitfield,GrantM.Robinson,
RodneyG.Handy,andJonathanS.Morrell
5 UraniumProcessing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
BrajendraMishra,NathanR.Gubel,andRahulBhola
6 TheUranium–HydrogenBinarySystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
G.LouisPowell
7 UraniumCorrosionNearAmbientTemperature. . . . . . . . . . . . 189
G.LouisPowell
8 NondestructiveEvaluationofUranium:Fundamentals
andFuture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
JonathanPoncelow,DavidL.Olson,CameronHoward,
KamaluKoenig,andCraigVanHorn
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9 High-Density,Low-EnrichedUranium-BasedTarget
forRadioisotopeProduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
GaryL.Solbrekken,KylerK.Turner,
andSrisharanG.Govindarajan
EditorsBiography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Contributors
Rahul Bhola Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado
SchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
KennethH.Eckelmeyer 6ValleyViewCourt,Placitas,NM,USA
Srisharan G. Govindarajan Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University
ofMissouri-Columbia,Columbia,MO,USA
Nathan R. Gubel Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
Rodney G. Handy Department of Engineering Technology & Construction
Management,UniversityofNorthCarolina-Charlotte,Charlotte,NC,USA
Cameron Howard Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
Mark J. Jackson Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Purdue University,
WestLafayette,IN,USA
KimberlyN.Johnson UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,TN,USA
KamaluKoenig StructuralIntegrityAssociates,Inc.,Centennial,CO,USA
Brajendra Mishra Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
JonathanS.Morrell Y-12NationalSecurityComplex,OakRidge,TN,USA
David L. Olson Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
Jonathan Poncelow Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO,USA
G.LouisPowell Y-12NationalSecurityComplex,OakRidge,TN,USA
EdwardB.Ripley Y-12NationalSecurityComplex,OakRidge,TN,USA
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