Mixed uranium dicarbide and uranium dioxide microspheres and process of making same
Abstract
Nuclear fuel microspheres are made by sintering microspheres containing uranium dioxide and uncombined carbon in a 1 mole percent carbon monoxide/99 mole percent argon atmosphere at 1550.degree. C. and then sintering the microspheres in a 3 mole percent carbon monoxide/97 mole percent argon atmosphere at the same temperature.
- Inventors:
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- Knoxville, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864460
- Patent Number(s):
- 4367184
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
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
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- mixed; uranium; dicarbide; dioxide; microspheres; process; nuclear; fuel; sintering; containing; uncombined; carbon; mole; percent; monoxide; 99; argon; atmosphere; 1550; degree; 97; temperature; percent carbon; argon atmosphere; uranium dioxide; nuclear fuel; carbon monoxide; mole percent; oxide microsphere; uranium dicarbide; containing uranium; microspheres containing; fuel microspheres; oxide microspheres; /264/252/976/
Citation Formats
Stinton, David P. Mixed uranium dicarbide and uranium dioxide microspheres and process of making same. United States: N. p., 1983.
Web.
Stinton, David P. Mixed uranium dicarbide and uranium dioxide microspheres and process of making same. United States.
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@article{osti_864460,
title = {Mixed uranium dicarbide and uranium dioxide microspheres and process of making same},
author = {Stinton, David P},
abstractNote = {Nuclear fuel microspheres are made by sintering microspheres containing uranium dioxide and uncombined carbon in a 1 mole percent carbon monoxide/99 mole percent argon atmosphere at 1550.degree. C. and then sintering the microspheres in a 3 mole percent carbon monoxide/97 mole percent argon atmosphere at the same temperature.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1983},
month = {1}
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