Patent · US Expired

Nuclear fuel

US4869867A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1987
Grant dateSep 26, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A particulate mixture of uranium dioxide and additive of magnesium aluminosilicate composition is formed into a compact and sintered to produce a nuclear fuel wherein the uranium dioxide grains have an average grain size of at least about 20 microns and wherein substantially all of the grains are each enveloped with glassy magnesium aluminosilicate phase.

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