A novel process for the manufacture of pure uranium metal is described, in which impure uranium oxides are converted to chlorides in a molten salt bath by means of a graphite chlorination reaction. The melt is then purified and uranium metal recovered as electrolytic powder. The development of an analytical method for control of the chlorination reaction is outlined. Using this control, the feasibility of the chlorination and some factors affecting its efficiency are established. Work on the purification and metal recovery stages has not proved encouraging, and the only successful production of electrolytic metal was from a melt in which previously purified oxide had been used as feed material.