GB850016A - Improvements in or relating to methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies

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Publication number
GB850016A
GB850016A GB20057/57A GB2005757A GB850016A GB 850016 A GB850016 A GB 850016A GB 20057/57 A GB20057/57 A GB 20057/57A GB 2005757 A GB2005757 A GB 2005757A GB 850016 A GB850016 A GB 850016A
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Prior art keywords
powder
graphite bodies
microns
diameter
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Expired
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GB20057/57A
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English (en)
Inventor
Jack Williams
David Thomas Livey
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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Priority to BE568901D priority Critical patent/BE568901A/xx
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority filed Critical UK Atomic Energy Authority
Priority to GB20057/57A priority patent/GB850016A/en
Priority to FR1210771D priority patent/FR1210771A/fr
Priority to US744317A priority patent/US3011960A/en
Publication of GB850016A publication Critical patent/GB850016A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/42—Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel
    • G21C3/58—Solid reactor fuel Pellets made of fissile material
    • G21C3/62—Ceramic fuel
    • G21C3/64—Ceramic dispersion fuel, e.g. cermet
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01B—NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B32/00—Carbon; Compounds thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
    • C04B—LIME, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE
    • C04B35/00—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products
    • C04B35/515—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxide ceramics
    • C04B35/52—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxide ceramics based on carbon, e.g. graphite
    • C04B35/528—Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramics compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxide ceramics based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S376/00—Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
    • Y10S376/90—Particular material or material shapes for fission reactors
    • Y10S376/901—Fuel

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Carbon And Carbon Compounds (AREA)
GB20057/57A 1957-06-25 1957-06-25 Improvements in or relating to methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies Expired GB850016A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BE568901D BE568901A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1957-06-25
GB20057/57A GB850016A (en) 1957-06-25 1957-06-25 Improvements in or relating to methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies
FR1210771D FR1210771A (fr) 1957-06-25 1958-06-19 Procédé de fabrication de corps en graphite
US744317A US3011960A (en) 1957-06-25 1958-06-25 Methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB20057/57A GB850016A (en) 1957-06-25 1957-06-25 Improvements in or relating to methods of manufacturing graphite bodies and nuclear fuel materials comprising said graphite bodies

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GB850016A true GB850016A (en) 1960-09-28

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US (1) US3011960A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
BE (1) BE568901A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
FR (1) FR1210771A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
GB (1) GB850016A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)

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DE1171993B (de) * 1960-10-07 1964-06-11 Babcock & Wilcox Dampfkessel Kernreaktor-Brennelement ohne Schutzhuelle
DE1233504B (de) * 1961-11-15 1967-02-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Keramisches Kernreaktor-Brennstoffelement
DE1233501B (de) * 1961-06-30 1967-02-02 Air Reduction Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Kernreaktor-Brennelementes
US3406227A (en) * 1962-10-19 1968-10-15 Gulf General Atomic Inc Method of fabricating low permeability nuclear fuel bodies

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US3157364A (en) * 1961-10-09 1964-11-17 Hitachi Ltd Method of pulverizing graphite
US3207697A (en) * 1962-03-14 1965-09-21 Atomic Energy Authority Uk High-temperature nuclear fuel structures and their production
GB954821A (en) * 1962-04-02 1964-04-08 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to process for the preparation of carbide
US3311685A (en) * 1962-05-03 1967-03-28 Texaco Experiment Inc Method of making thermoelectric initiators of semiconductor material
US3329744A (en) * 1962-06-29 1967-07-04 Whittaker Corp Method for making dispersion type bodies
US3318695A (en) * 1963-05-24 1967-05-09 David E Goslee Method of producing nuclear fuel elements of stainless steel coated uo particles
US3324540A (en) * 1963-06-17 1967-06-13 Adolphus L Lotts Method for making porous target pellets for a nuclear reactor
US3322644A (en) * 1964-07-22 1967-05-30 Physies Internat Company Core element for a breeder nuclear reactor
US3344085A (en) * 1966-05-23 1967-09-26 Monsanto Co Process for the preparation of sintered metallic oxide catalyst pellets
US3479423A (en) * 1967-12-11 1969-11-18 Atomic Energy Commission Method of forming compacted graphite bodies
US3517092A (en) * 1968-04-15 1970-06-23 Atomic Energy Commission Process for preparing high-density isotropic graphite structures
DE1902994C3 (de) * 1969-01-22 1973-11-29 Nukem Gmbh Brennelement fuer gasgekuehlte Hochtemperatur-Leistungsreaktoren und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
FR2086239B1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) * 1970-04-22 1975-04-18 Nukem Gmbh
IT942860B (it) * 1971-01-30 1973-04-02 Nukem Gmbh Procedimento per la fabbricazione di elementi combustibili a blocco per reattori di potenza ad alta temperatura raffreddati a gas
DE2104431C3 (de) * 1971-01-30 1975-04-30 Nukem Gmbh, 6454 Grossauheim Verfahren zur Herstellung von Blockbrennelementen für gasgekühlte Hochtemperatur-Leistungsreaktoren
US3996319A (en) * 1972-02-03 1976-12-07 Nukem G.M.B.H. Process for the production of pressed block fuel elements of high power for gas cooled high temperature reactor
US20070107551A1 (en) * 2005-11-15 2007-05-17 Klett James W Kish-derived graphitic heat spreaders and foils

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1171993B (de) * 1960-10-07 1964-06-11 Babcock & Wilcox Dampfkessel Kernreaktor-Brennelement ohne Schutzhuelle
DE1233501B (de) * 1961-06-30 1967-02-02 Air Reduction Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Kernreaktor-Brennelementes
DE1233504B (de) * 1961-11-15 1967-02-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Keramisches Kernreaktor-Brennstoffelement
US3406227A (en) * 1962-10-19 1968-10-15 Gulf General Atomic Inc Method of fabricating low permeability nuclear fuel bodies

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BE568901A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
US3011960A (en) 1961-12-05
FR1210771A (fr) 1960-03-10

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