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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Uncertainty contributes to lowest uranium spot prices in 18 months
A combination of plentiful supply and uncertain demand resulted in spot pricing for uranium closing out March below $64 per pound, with dips down to about $63.50 during mid-March—the lowest futures prices in 18 months, according to tracking by analysis firm Trading Economics. Spot prices have also fallen steadily since the beginning of 2024. Meanwhile, long-term prices have held steady at about $80 per pound at the end of March, according to Canadian front-end uranium mining, milling, and conversion company Cameco.
Mirela Draghia, Gheorghe Pasca, George Ana, Alin Fuciu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | April 2020 | Pages 221-226
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2019.1704140
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In the tritium recovery processes, the microreactor is used for conversion of the various tritiated streams to water. Microreaction technology offers many advantages for chemical reactions, mainly a high surface-to-volume ratio, a well-defined residence time in the microchannels, and good thermal transport. Also, from an oxidation point of view, the microreactor is proven to be safer by comparison with a conventional oxidation reactor. Another major advantage is that the microreactor can be designed to provide a high recombination efficiency (more than 99.9%), if required. This paper aims to present the issues related to the design, calculation, and manufacturing of a high-efficiency microreactor that can be used to convert the tritiated streams to water.
