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

Technical Report · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4759351

Goeddel, W V

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.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(04-3)-314
• NSA Number: NSA-17-012628
• OSTI ID: 4759351
• Report Number(s): GAMD-2221(Rev.)
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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URANIUM CARBIDES