Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Shaping or treating radioactive material
Patent
1980-12-17
1983-01-04
Sebastian, Leland A.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Shaping or treating radioactive material
252636, 252638, 252639, G21C 2100, C09K 300
Patent
active
043671845
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.
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The Kema U(YI) Process for the Production of UO.sub.2 Microspheres published by J. Kanij et al., Presented at the IAEA Panel on Sol-gel Processes for Fuel Fabrication, Vienna, May 21 to 24, 1973, 13 pages.
Besha Richard G.
Grant Edwin D.
Hamel Stephen D.
Sebastian Leland A.
The United States of America as represented by the Department of
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