Weighing and sampling of uranium concentrates, U3O8, are critical steps. Honeywell-MTW weighing and sampling procedures, which conform to ASTM standards, help determine the purity of uranium concentrates and ensure compatibility with the Solstice Advanced Materials conversion process.
Solstice Advanced Materials conversion process
- Uranium ore concentrates are received at the Metropolis Works Sampling Facility in U.S. Department of Transportation approved containers.
- Individual drums are accurately weighed.
- Drums are hydraulically lifted two at a time into the sampling augers.
- The auger system obtains a representative sample from each lot by removing a very small sample of the uranium ore concentrates in each drum from a random section of the drum’s contents.
- This material is then split, blended, ground and dried in order to prepare six 150 gram samples for analytical purposes (2 for Solstice Advanced Materials, 2 for the supplier and 2 for possible umpire use).
- The analytical results must be agreed upon by Solstice Advanced Materials and the supplier prior to conversion.