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PROCEDURES FOR THE PREPARATION OF GRAPHITE MATRIX FUEL COMPACTS CONTAINING CARBON COATED (Th,U)C$sub 2$ FUEL PARTICLES

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4759351
Details of the warm press fabrication processes are described. It is noted that only 10 wt% of pitch binder is required of which only 5% remains after warm pressing. The resulting product is a high density matrix of 95 vol% graphite and 5 vol% C. (J.R.D.)
Research Organization:
General Atomic Div. General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif.
NSA Number:
NSA-17-012628
OSTI ID:
4759351
Report Number(s):
GAMD-2221(Rev.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English