Device and method for directly reducing and converting depleted uranium hexafluoride into metal uranium

• Main Authors: JIN FANYA, NIE JUNWEI, HUANG YI, SHAO XIPING, WANG PENG, LI PING, DUAN SHENGPENG, DAN MIN, CHEN LUNJIANG, WANG KE, FAN XUEZHEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 19.04.2022
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; METALLURGY; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

The invention belongs to the technical field of uranium resources, and particularly discloses a device and a method for directly reducing and converting depleted uranium hexafluoride into metal uranium, the device comprises a vacuum chamber, two discharge polar plates, a discharge power supply, a gas supply port, a vacuum pump, a gas extraction pipeline and a filtering system, the two discharge polar plates are installed in the vacuum chamber through electrode connecting terminals of the vacuum chamber respectively, and the two discharge polar plates are arranged in the vacuum chamber; the discharge power supply is mounted outside the vacuum chamber through an electrode connecting terminal of the vacuum chamber, the two discharge polar plates are connected with the discharge power supply, an air supply port is formed in the top end of the vacuum chamber, a vacuum pump and an air exhaust pipeline are respectively connected outside the vacuum chamber, and a filtering system is mounted on the air exhaust pipelin