4. PWR fuel fabrication
4.1 Enriched UO2 powder
Uranium is generally made available to the manufacturer by the electricity customer; it arrives in the form of enriched hexafluoride (UF 6 ), in cylindrical containers containing around 2.2 tonnes of UF 6 .
To go from hexafluoride (solid up to around 60°C) to uranium oxide powder (UO 2 ) two routes are possible, the chemical route and the so-called dry route, with several variants for each.
• ADU process (ammonium diuranate)
UF 6 + 2H ...
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