DEVELOPMENT OF PLUTONIUM BEARING FUEL MATERIALS. Monthly Progress Letter for November 1961

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4809059

Puechi, K H

Major effort ls reported on chemical processing and product characterization. Material recycle problems were investigated by conducting oxalate precipitations from dilute plutonium nitrate solutions. PuO/sub 2/ was also prepared via the plutonium peroxide route. Continued studies are also reported on UO/sub 2/- PuO/sub 2/ coprecipitation, powder characterizatlon, and coating techniques for deposition of Ni and Cu on PuO/subn 2/. Plasma-torch- produced PuO/sub 2/ spheroids were of good quality but much smaller than the feed material. Initlal fabrication of UO/sub 2/- PuO/sub 2/ is reported and investigation of Pu/sub 2/O/sub 3/ formation during sintering was continued. Research on a near-thermal reactor system was also continued. (J.R.D.)

• Research Organization: Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., Apollo, Penna.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-011151
• OSTI ID: 4809059
• Report Number(s): NUMEC-P-36
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COATING
COPPER
FABRICATION
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
FUELS
MATERIALS TESTING
NICKEL
OXALATES
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM NITRATES
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
POWDERS
PRECIPITATION
PRODUCTION
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SINTERING
SOLUTIONS
URANIUM DIOXIDE