NFS has evaluated processes to enhance acceptance of Fluor Fernald enriched uranium-bearing streams. Some materials generated from historical operations do not appear to have an expeditious path forward for disposition due to the unique characteristics of these materials. As a team member of Fluor Fernald, NFS was contracted to evaluate processing scenarios to enhance acceptance of the enriched uranium product streams back into the commercial fuel cycle or long-term storage for future reuse.

NFS technologies should support Fernald in bringing this material back into specifications. Outlets for this material could include shipment to the Uranium Management Center (UMC) at Portsmouth or Oak Ridge. The material could be used in other uranium process operations, such as downblending. The goal of the effort is to:

• Perform a scoping economic evaluation of scenarios/pathways that would use the Fernald product as a feedstock. This would include, but not be limited to conversion of product to uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for enrichment to reactor grade quality; use as a blendstock for downblending highly enriched uranium (HEU) bearing materials; conditioning of material, as necessary to achieve ASTM specifications for possible acceptance by the UMC at Portsmouth or Oak Ridge - or others.
  

• Perform sampling, characterization and testing the product, as appropriate, to evaluate the feasibility of alternatives to enhance or achieve acceptance of the material. Want to know more?
  

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