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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
G. J. Bernstein, D. E. Grosvenor, J. F. Lenc, N. M. Levitz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 20 | Number 3 | December 1973 | Pages 200-202
Technical Note | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31358
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A centrifugal contactor of unique design has been developed for solvent extraction processing of high-plutonium-content fuels. The unit has a vertically suspended rotor that has a 4-in. inside diameter and is 15 in. long (with a 12-in.-long separating zone). Aqueous and organic phases are fed into the annulus between the contactor casing and the spinning rotor and are mixed by skin friction. The mixture flows down the annulus and then up through an orifice in the bottom of the rotor. The phases are separated by centrifugal force as they flow up the inside of the rotor and are discharged at the top. Separating capacities (throughput) ranged from 4.5 gal/min at 2000 rpm to 15 gal/min at 3500 rpm. Essentially 100% stage efficiency was demonstrated in extraction and stripping of uranium between nitric acid and 30% tri-n-butyl phosphate in n-dodecane diluent. The basic annular-mixer design is suitable for contactors with larger or smaller diameters.