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Depleted uranium

Depleted uranium, in metal and oxide, under one license.

MSC acquires, casts, rolls, machines, recycles and analyzes depleted uranium in one licensed facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. We take on complex projects with proven results, not routine job-shop work.

Discuss your project Metal and oxide
Hot depleted uranium plate on a rolling mill

Experience with depleted uranium in its various forms.

Depleted uranium is a dense, high-performance material that few facilities are licensed to handle. MSC works with it as metal and as oxide.

METAL

Depleted uranium metal

Vacuum induction melted into ingots and near-net shapes, rolled into plate and sheet, and machined to finished parts.

OXIDE

Depleted uranium oxide

MSC works extensively with depleted uranium oxide, supported by the same license, safety program and laboratory.

Why depleted uranium

A very dense metal, put to work in demanding places.

Depleted uranium is roughly 70 percent denser than lead. That makes it valuable wherever a great deal of mass or radiation shielding has to fit in a small space.

Customers use it in nuclear energy and research, medical radiation equipment, aerospace, and defense. Working with it takes a radioactive materials license, specialized equipment and trained people, which is what MSC provides.

~19 g/cm³
density, about 1.7 times lead
1985
operations established in Oak Ridge
Pile of finished metal rods
Acquisition

We can acquire it and use it on site.

Our radioactive materials license lets MSC acquire depleted uranium for your program and process it in our own facility. For some customers we supply it to licensed partners.

That means one accountable team handles the material and the manufacturing, so you do not have to source, ship and track it yourself.

Safety data sheets.

Download the safety data sheet for each material we handle. No sign-up needed.

PDF · REV. SEP 2021

Depleted uranium metal

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PDF · REV. OCT 2016

Depleted uranium oxide

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PDF · REV. FEB 2018

Natural uranium metal

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PDF · REV. SEP 2016

Natural uranium oxide

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What we do with it

From material to finished part.

Casting

Vacuum induction melting into ingots and near-net shapes.

Casting →

Rolling

Hot and cold rolling on a four-high reversing mill.

Rolling →

Machining

Multi-axis CNC milling and turning.

Machining →

Recycling

Off-spec material, devices and legacy inventory.

Recycling →

Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited analysis.

Laboratory →
Request a quote

Tell us about your project.

Describe what you need, whether it is metal or oxide, and where your program stands. Our team will respond.

865.425.2803
info@mfgsci.com