REVISED FINAL REPORT – INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION SURVEY ACTIVITIES AT THE SEPARATIONS PROCESS RESEARCH UNIT SITES, NISKAYUNA, NEW YORK – DCN 0496-SR-06-1

Harpenau, Evan

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

关键词: Uranium;    Separation Processes;    Oxidation;    11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials;    Savannah River Plant;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1034274
RP-ID  :  12-IEAV-0112
RP-ID  :  DE-AC05-06OR23100
RP-ID  :  1034274

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) complex located on the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) site in Niskayuna, New York, was constructed in the late 1940s to research the chemical separation of plutonium and uranium (Figure A-1). SPRU operated as a laboratory scale research facility between February 1950 and October 1953. The research activities ceased following the successful development of the reduction oxidation and plutonium/uranium extraction processes. The oxidation and extraction processes were subsequently developed for large scale use by the Hanford and Savannah River sites (aRc 2008a). Decommissioning of the SPRU facilities began in October 1953 and continued through the 1990s.