Depleted uranium hexafluoride – technogenic raw material for obtaining high-purity inorganic fluorides

The problem of handling depleted uranium hexafluoride is discussed. An effective and ecologically safe variant of complex recycling of depleted uranium hexafluoride with uranium oxides, organic compounds, and high-purity silicon tetrafluoride obtained is substantiated. It is shown on the basis of experimental data that the temperature of solid-phase interaction of depleted uranium tetrafluoride with silicon dioxide of different nature by mechanical activation of the latter can be lowered.