CERAMIC FUEL FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS
Patent
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OSTI ID:4105271
A method of making a ceramic fuel element using a binder of gelatiaous fissionable material is patented. UO/sub 2/ powder is ball milled with approximates 2% by weight of a gelatinous Pu polymer, which may be either the quadrivalenthydroxide or hydrated oxide, The mixture is pressed to form a green compact and then sintered to convert the quadrivalent Pu to PuO/sub 2/. The improved sintering characteristics of the green compacts permit the use of stoichiometric UO/sub 2/, which resists radiation damage better than the nonstoichiometric oxide. (M.P.G.)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-007912
- Assignee:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3114689
- OSTI ID:
- 4105271
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
CERAMICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
FUELS
MATERIALS TESTING
MIXING
PATENT
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM HYDROXIDES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POLYMERS
POWDER METALLURGY
POWDERS
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
SINTERED MATERIALS
SINTERING
URANIUM DIOXIDE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
FUELS
MATERIALS TESTING
MIXING
PATENT
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM HYDROXIDES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POLYMERS
POWDER METALLURGY
POWDERS
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
RADIATION EFFECTS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
SINTERED MATERIALS
SINTERING
URANIUM DIOXIDE