METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES
Abstract
An improved method of making a fuel body containing carbon for reactors is described. Carbides of uranium and thorium having a particle size of from 100 to 500 microns are mixed with carbon having a particle size that will pass a 200 mesh screen but be retained by a 325 mesh screen, and 10 per cent by weight pitch. The mixture is heated to a temperature of about 700 to 900 deg C, at which point bonding is effected while maintaining it under mechanical pressure of over 3,000 pounds per square inch. The entire compact is heated to a uniform temperature during the process, preferably by electrical resistance of the compact itself. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4802646
- Patent Number(s):
- 3031389
- 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-16-013561
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS; BONDING; CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIXING; PRESSURE; SINTERED MATERIALS; THORIUM CARBIDES; URANIUM CARBIDES
Citation Formats
Goeddel, W V, and Simnad, M T. METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES. United States: N. p., 1962.
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Goeddel, W V, & Simnad, M T. METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES. United States.
Goeddel, W V, and Simnad, M T. Tue .
"METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES". United States.
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title = {METHOD OF MAKING FUEL BODIES},
author = {Goeddel, W V and Simnad, M T},
abstractNote = {An improved method of making a fuel body containing carbon for reactors is described. Carbides of uranium and thorium having a particle size of from 100 to 500 microns are mixed with carbon having a particle size that will pass a 200 mesh screen but be retained by a 325 mesh screen, and 10 per cent by weight pitch. The mixture is heated to a temperature of about 700 to 900 deg C, at which point bonding is effected while maintaining it under mechanical pressure of over 3,000 pounds per square inch. The entire compact is heated to a uniform temperature during the process, preferably by electrical resistance of the compact itself. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1962},
month = {4}
}
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