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Title: THE MANUFACTURE OF FUEL ELEMENTS OF THE ARGONAUT TYPE

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4283230

The conditions required for the manufacture of the RA-1 Argonant type fuel elements are investigated. The fuel elements are in the form of a plate which is manufactured by the extrusion of a presintered mass of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ (20% enriched) in an aluminum matrix. Steps in the investigation were obtention and specification of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ and Al in powder form for testing, filling, and extrusion tests, finishing of the fuel elements, and computation of U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ content. (W.D.M.)

Research Organization:
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
NSA Number:
NSA-13-007157
OSTI ID:
4283230
Report Number(s):
A/CONF.15/P/1585
Resource Relation:
Conference: Second United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva (Switzerland), June 1958; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 6-Jan-59
Country of Publication:
Argentina
Language:
English