Published October 29, 1981 | Version v1
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Production of nuclear fuel pellets

Creators

Description

The production of nuclear fuel pellets consisting essentially of oxides of uranium, or mixtures of these oxides with oxides of thorium or plutonium, formed into compacts and sintered is claimed. Niobium pentoxide is included in the oxide compact in sufficient quantity to encourage grain growth during sintering, and the sintering and other process parameters are adjusted so that no impurities are trapped in the sintering pellets which would prevent a high matrix density and grain size being obtained

Availability note (English)

Copies available from the Commissioner of Patents, Canberra.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
vp.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21C 3/62.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21C 3/62.
Patent number
AU patent document 79/46873/B/

INIS

Country of Publication
Australia
Country of Input or Organization
Australia
INIS RN
13668048
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
FUEL PELLETS; NIOBIUM OXIDES; PRODUCTION; SINTERED MATERIALS; SINTERING; URANIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; FABRICATION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS

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Notes
Filed 10 May 1979, priority 15 May 1978 (19635/78GB).