PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR FUEL SINTERED BODY WITH OXIDE
Method for the manufacture of oxidic sintered nuclear fuel bodies by compacting UO2-starting powder or a mixture of UO2-and PuO2 starting powder which contains up to 10% by weight rare-earth oxide, especially Gd2O3, as an additive into blanks and subsequent densification of these blanks by a heat tr...
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Zusammenfassung: | Method for the manufacture of oxidic sintered nuclear fuel bodies by compacting UO2-starting powder or a mixture of UO2-and PuO2 starting powder which contains up to 10% by weight rare-earth oxide, especially Gd2O3, as an additive into blanks and subsequent densification of these blanks by a heat treatment in a sintering atomsphere with reducing action. The UO2-starting powder used for compacting has a specific surface in the range of 2 to 4.5 m2/g and/or a mean crystallite diameter in the range of 80 nm to 250 nm, and the heat treatment in the sintering atmosphere with reducing action is carried out at a temperature in the range of 1,500 DEG C. to 1,750 DEG C. |
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