GB841608A - Method of preparing a fuel element - Google Patents

Method of preparing a fuel element

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Publication number
GB841608A
GB841608A GB30167/58A GB3016758A GB841608A GB 841608 A GB841608 A GB 841608A GB 30167/58 A GB30167/58 A GB 30167/58A GB 3016758 A GB3016758 A GB 3016758A GB 841608 A GB841608 A GB 841608A
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fuel element
preparing
balance
element comprises
nuclear fuel
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C21/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of reactors or parts thereof
    • G21C21/02—Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings
    • G21C21/06—Manufacture of fuel elements or breeder elements contained in non-active casings by rotatable swaging of the jacket around the fuel
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

Abstract

A nuclear fuel element comprises a uranium dioxide core in a zirconium alloy capsule of the following percentage composition:- .Sn.1.5 .Fe.0.12 .Cr.0.10 .Ni.0.05 .Zr.Balance
GB30167/58A 1957-11-13 1958-09-22 Method of preparing a fuel element Expired GB841608A (en)

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US841608XA 1957-11-13 1957-11-13

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GB841608A true GB841608A (en) 1960-07-20

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DE (1) DE1055143B (en)
GB (1) GB841608A (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3124875A (en) * 1959-10-15 1964-03-17 Method of preparing hollow type
US3244599A (en) * 1962-03-09 1966-04-05 Fulcrum Aktiebolag Fuel element for nuclear reactor
US3281921A (en) * 1961-06-26 1966-11-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp Swaging process for forming a flattened composite thermoelectric member

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1099656B (en) * 1959-11-27 1961-02-16 Babcock & Wilcox Dampfkessel Process for the production of ceramic fuel elements
NL261178A (en) * 1960-03-07 1900-01-01
DE1215826B (en) * 1960-07-25 1966-05-05 Siemens Planiawerke Ag Method of making a nuclear reactor fuel element

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3124875A (en) * 1959-10-15 1964-03-17 Method of preparing hollow type
US3281921A (en) * 1961-06-26 1966-11-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp Swaging process for forming a flattened composite thermoelectric member
US3244599A (en) * 1962-03-09 1966-04-05 Fulcrum Aktiebolag Fuel element for nuclear reactor

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