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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Amy L. DeMint, Kingston, TN (US);
Jack G. Gooch, Seymour, TN (US);
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Reston, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 43/00 (2006.01); B21B 3/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 3/00 (2013.01); C22F 1/18 (2013.01); B21B 2265/14 (2013.01); B21B 2265/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are processes for hot rolling billets of uranium that have been alloyed with about ten weight percent molybdenum to produce cold-rollable sheets that are about one hundred mils thick. In certain embodiments, the billets have a thickness of about ⅞ inch or greater. Disclosed processes typically involve a rolling schedule that includes a light rolling pass and at least one medium rolling pass. Processes may also include reheating the rolling stock and using one or more heavy rolling passes, and may include an annealing step.