Researchers Improve Path To Producing Uranium Compounds For Advanced Nuclear Fuels

Researchers Improve Path To Producing Uranium Compounds For Advanced Nuclear Fuels Los Alamos, NM (SPX) Apr 11, 2011 Advances made by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory could enhance the ability of scientists to develop advanced nuclear fuels in a safer, simpler manner. Uranium chemistry research relies heavily on a variety of uranium "starting materials"-solids and solutions-that are precursors to uranium compounds of oxygen, nitrogen, halogen, carbon, fluorine, and other elements, all of which are candidates for advanced nuclear fuels. Uranium also has been identified as a promising material i ... read more