Uranium reactor fuel element and process

Claim 1

A URANIUM FUEL ELEMENT WHICH COMPRISES COAXIAL METAL TUBES OF SUCH DIMENSIONS THAT AN ANNULAR SPACE IS FORMED WITHIN THE TUBES, AND A COMPOSITION IN THE ANNULAR SPACE COMPRISING A URANIUM ORGANIC COMPOUND FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF URANYL ACETYLACETONE, URANYL CUPFERRON, URANYL THIONYLTRIFLUOROACETONE, URANYL SULFOSALICYLATE, URANYL 8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE, AND URANIUM COMPOUNDS FORMED BY THE REACTION OF URANYL HYDROXIDE WITH AN ORGANIC ACID HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 60 AND A POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ACRYLICS, METHACRYLATES, ALKYDS, STYRENE, METHYL STYRENE, VINYL CHLORIDE, VINYL ACETATE AND THEIR COPOLYMERS, SAID POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND BEING IN AN INCOMPLETELY POLYMERIZED STATE AND HOLDING THE URANIUM ORGANIC COMPOUND IN A DISPERSED STATE, SAID POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND FURTHER BEING ONE WHICH WILL POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND SEMI-SOLID STATE ON EXPOSURE TO RADIATION FROM THE FISSIONABLE URANIUM.