Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Shaping or treating radioactive material
Patent
1985-02-19
1987-08-18
Lechert, Jr., Stephen J.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Shaping or treating radioactive material
252636, 252637, 252643, 376426, 423 19, 423258, 423261, G21C 2100, G21C 362, C01G 4302, C01G 4306
Patent
active
046876057
ABSTRACT:
An automated fuel rod production system includes a radioactive powder fabrication and processing stage, a pellet fabrication stage, a pellet processing stage, a tube preparation stage and a fuel rod fabrication and inspection stage, all of which provide a continuous (paced) mode of operation from the conversion of a radioactive gas to powder, through the fabrication of the powder into pellets, to completion of the assembly of the fuel rods. Extra capacity is designed into the system at critical points in the powder processing and pellet fabrication and processing stages to facilitate the continuous, paced mode of operation.
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Batson David M.
Bucher George D.
Cellier Francis
Graulty Robert T.
John, Jr. Clarence D.
Lechert Jr. Stephen J.
Locker Howard J.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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