Method of making nuclear fuel elements
Abstract
Abstract NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS WHICH CONTAIN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF NUCLEAR FUEL IN THE FORM OF MINUTE PARTICULATE NUCLEAR FUEL CORES HAVING FISSION PRODUCT-RETENTIVE COATINGS ARE MADE USING CASINGS WHICH HAVE THE SAM E AMOUNT OF FUEL CHAMBER VOLUME FOR HOLDING THE NUCLEAR FUEL. FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF COATED FUEL PARTICLES ARE USED WHICH VARY FROM EACH OTHER EITHER IN CORE COMPOSITION, CORE SIZE, OR COATING THICKNESS AND THEREBY CONTAIN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF NUCLEAR FUEL PER UNIT VOLUME OF COATED PARTICLES. THUS, DIFFERENT FUEL ELEMENTS CONTAIN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF NUCLEAR FUEL AS A RESULT OF CONTAINING DIFFERENT RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF COATED NUCLEAR FUEL PARTICLES FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard C Dahlberg
- 👤 Walter V Goeddel
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