Published March 13, 1991
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Patent
Nuclear fuel bodies and the production thereof
Description
A nuclear fuel body comprises doped uranium dioxide grains having kernels of undoped uranium dioxide. The body is produced by mixing single crystal seeds of uranium dioxide with doped uranium dioxide granules. The mixture is compacted and subsequently sintered. Gadolinia is a preferred dopant for the uranium dioxide. (Author)
Availability note (English)
Available from The Patent Office, Sales Branch, Unit 6, Nine Mile Point, Cwmfelinfach, Cross Keys, Newport, NP1 7HZ.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 4 p.
- IPC:
- Int. Cl. G21c 3/62.
- IPC
- Int. Cl. G21c 3/62.
- Patent number
- GB patent document 2235816/A/
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 22081083
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CRYSTAL DOPING; FABRICATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; SINTERING; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; MATERIALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- GB priority 8920112.