This is part eight of a nine-part tutorial series exclusively available to 2020 ANS Winter Meeting attendees.

Understanding uranium chemistry is a vital component of successful NCS programs at nuclear fuel fabrication facilities. Chemical reactions involving traditional fuel conversion (e.g, dry conversion or wet ADU conversion) are presented. Select uranium chemistry basics including elemental, solid chemistry, solution chemistry, visual identification, and speciated uranium compounds are discussed. Finally, a reactivity comparison of important speciated uranium compounds is presented.

Presenter

Lon Paulson, GE Hitachi/Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas