PROCESS OF MAKING A NEUTRONIC REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT COMPOSITION
Abstract
A process is presented for making a ceramic-like material suitable for use as a nuclear fuel. The material consists of a solid solution of plutonium dioxide in uranium dioxide and is produced from a uranyl nitrate -plutonium nitrate solution containing uraniunm and plutonium in the desired ratio. The uranium and plutonium are first precipitated from the solution by addition of NH/ sub 4/OH and the dried precipitate is then calcined at 600 C in a hydrogen atmosphere to yield the desired solid solution of PuO/sub 2/ in UO/sub 2/.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4251158
- Patent Number(s):
- 2868707
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-013645
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- METALLURGY AND CERAMICS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; CERAMICS; DECOMPOSITION; FUEL ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROXIDES; NEUTRONS; NITRATES; PATENT; PLUTONIUM NITRATES; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; PRECIPITATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTORS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLUTIONS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; URANYL NITRATES
Citation Formats
Alter, H W, Davidson, J K, Miller, R S, and Mewherter, J L. PROCESS OF MAKING A NEUTRONIC REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT COMPOSITION. United States: N. p., 1959.
Web.
Alter, H W, Davidson, J K, Miller, R S, & Mewherter, J L. PROCESS OF MAKING A NEUTRONIC REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT COMPOSITION. United States.
Alter, H W, Davidson, J K, Miller, R S, and Mewherter, J L. Tue .
"PROCESS OF MAKING A NEUTRONIC REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT COMPOSITION". United States.
@article{osti_4251158,
title = {PROCESS OF MAKING A NEUTRONIC REACTOR FUEL ELEMENT COMPOSITION},
author = {Alter, H W and Davidson, J K and Miller, R S and Mewherter, J L},
abstractNote = {A process is presented for making a ceramic-like material suitable for use as a nuclear fuel. The material consists of a solid solution of plutonium dioxide in uranium dioxide and is produced from a uranyl nitrate -plutonium nitrate solution containing uraniunm and plutonium in the desired ratio. The uranium and plutonium are first precipitated from the solution by addition of NH/ sub 4/OH and the dried precipitate is then calcined at 600 C in a hydrogen atmosphere to yield the desired solid solution of PuO/sub 2/ in UO/sub 2/.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {1}
}
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