Preliminary Program

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2001 PM

2:00 PM SESSION 14                                    Mohave Rm.

_Advances in Depleted Uranium Technology_

CoChairs:
Steve H. Brown, IT Corporation (USA)
William J. Quapp, Teton Technologies, Inc. (USA)

1. Depleted-Uranium Uses, R&D Program — R. R. Price, USDOE; M. J. Haire, A. G. Croff, ORNL (USA)

2. Production of High-Value Fluoride Gas from Uranium Tetrafluoride Using a Rotary Calciner — D. S. Schlier, B. M. Smyser, Starmet Corporation (USA)

3. Semiconductive Properties of Uranium Oxides — T. Meek, University of Tennessee; M. Hu, M. J. Haire, ORNL (USA)

4. Putting Depleted Uranium to Use: A New Class of Uranium Based Catalysts — S. Dai, S. H. Overbury, M. J. Haire, ORNL (USA)

5. Feasibility Study on Usage of Depleted Uranium at JNC — I. Amamoto, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JAPAN)

6. Depleted Uranium Dioxide as a Spent-Nuclear-Fuel Waste-Package Particulate Fill: Fill Behavior — C. W. Forsberg, ORNL (USA)

7. Development of DUF6 Conversion Technologies in the Russian Federation — V. T. Orekhov, V. A. Seredenko, V. V. Shatalov, Russian Research Institute of Chemical Technology (RRICT) (RUSSIA)

The following two papers will be presented as a panel:

8. Conversion of Depleted Uranium Enrichment Tails for Maximum Safety and Full Flourine Recovery — D. R. Taylor, Honeywell; L. G. Davis, General Atomics; G. Motl, SAIC (USA)

9. The French Approach for Management of Depleted Uranium — B. Le Motais, COGEMA; B. Duperret, COGEMA Pierrelatte; F. Shallo, COGEMA, Inc. (FRANCE/USA)