METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES
Abstract
This patent relates to a method of making a fuel compact having a matrix of carbon or graphite which carries the carbides of fissile material. A nuclear fuel material selected from the group including uranium and thorium carbides, silicides, and oxides is first mixed both with sufficient finely divided carbon to constitute a matrix in the final product and with a diffusional bonding material selected from the class consisting of zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, titanium, nickel, chromium, and silicon. The mixture is then heated at a temperature of 1500 to 1800 nif- C while maintaining it under a pressure of over about 2,000 pounds per square inch. Preferably, heating is accomplished by the electrical resistance of the compact itself. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4731142
- Patent Number(s):
- 3087877
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-018731
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS; BONDING; CARBIDES; CARBON; CHROMIUM; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; FUEL ELEMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAPHITE; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIXING; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PRESSURE; SILICIDES; SILICON; THORIUM CARBIDES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; THORIUM OXIDES; TITANIUM; URANIUM OXIDES; URANIUM SILICIDES; ZIRCONIUM
Citation Formats
Goeddel, W V, and Simnad, M T. METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES. United States: N. p., 1963.
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Goeddel, W V, & Simnad, M T. METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES. United States.
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"METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES". United States.
@article{osti_4731142,
title = {METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES},
author = {Goeddel, W V and Simnad, M T},
abstractNote = {This patent relates to a method of making a fuel compact having a matrix of carbon or graphite which carries the carbides of fissile material. A nuclear fuel material selected from the group including uranium and thorium carbides, silicides, and oxides is first mixed both with sufficient finely divided carbon to constitute a matrix in the final product and with a diffusional bonding material selected from the class consisting of zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, titanium, nickel, chromium, and silicon. The mixture is then heated at a temperature of 1500 to 1800 nif- C while maintaining it under a pressure of over about 2,000 pounds per square inch. Preferably, heating is accomplished by the electrical resistance of the compact itself. (AEC)},
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place = {United States},
year = {1963},
month = {4}
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