This specification covers nuclear grade uranium hexafluoride (UF6) that has been processed through an enrichment plant or produced by blending highly enriched uranium with other uranium to produce a concentration suitable for nuclear fuel fabrication. This specification defines the impurity and uranium isotope limits for the enriched commercial grade UF6 and for enriched reprocessed UF6. All materials should conform to the specified chemical, physical, and isotopic requirements.
Область применения1.1 This specification covers nuclear grade uranium hexafluoride (UF
1.2 This specification is intended to provide the nuclear industry with a standard for enriched UF
1.3 The scope of this specification does not comprehensively cover all provisions for preventing criticality accidents or requirements for health and safety or for shipping. Observance of this specification does not relieve the user of the obligation to conform to all applicable international, federal, state, and local regulations for processing, shipping, or in any other way using UF
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.