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Method for the manufacture of plutonium-containing nuclear fuel rods

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4355624
Nuclear fuel rods are manufactured by coating the inner wall of the tubular casing of the fuel rod with a layer of plutoniumcontaining matrix so that the plutonium is disposed only in the cylindrical outer zone of the uranium- containing nuclear fuel charge. This is done by preparing a suspension of plutoniumcontaining particles in a lacquer which can be decomposed into carbon by a heat treatment, passing the suspension through the tubular casing and heating the dried coating of the suspension in a protective inert atmosphere until the lacquer is carbonized. (Official Gazette)
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-014843
OSTI ID:
4355624
Report Number(s):
US 3778885
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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