Preparation of uranium nitride

Patent · 31 December 1975

OSTI ID:862513

Potter, Ralph A ^[1]; Tennery, Victor J ^[2]

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1. Lynchburg, VA
2. Upper Arlington, OH

A process for preparing actinide-nitrides from massive actinide metal which is suitable for sintering into low density fuel shapes by partially hydriding the massive metal and simultaneously dehydriding and nitriding the dehydrided portion. The process is repeated until all of the massive metal is converted to a nitride.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3953355
• OSTI ID: 862513
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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