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FUEL ELEMENTS FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4690929

The method concerns high temperature fuel spheres consisting of a shell of nuclear graphite and a core of a mixture of graphite and fissile or fertile material in the atomic ratio 50: 1. Preferably the core is prepared by heat treatment of a UO/sub 2/-graphite compact in vacuum at over 1700 deg C. Natural graphite can also be applied. (NPO)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-17-041407
OSTI ID:
4690929
Report Number(s):
FR 1278598
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
English