Method for producing nuclear fuel

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864549

Haas, Paul A ^[1]

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1. Knoxville, TN

Nuclear fuel is made by contacting an aqueous solution containing an actinide salt with an aqueous solution containing ammonium hydroxide, ammonium oxalate, or oxalic acid in an amount that will react with a fraction of the actinide salt to form a precipitate consisting of the hydroxide or oxalate of the actinide. A slurry consisting of the precipitate and solution containing the unreacted actinide salt is formed into drops which are gelled, calcined, and pressed to form pellets.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4382885
• OSTI ID: 864549
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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