Induction Melting of Uranium Dioxide Powder (open access)

Induction Melting of Uranium Dioxide Powder

Fused uranium dioxide has desirable characteristics for fabricating high density nuclear fuel elements by swaging. Methods of preparing dense uranium dioxide particles being investigated at HAPO include are arc fusion, and sintering and crushing of low density powder. This paper reports the results of exploratory experiments to prepare fused uranium dioxide by induction heating of low density powder in graphite crucibles.
Date: March 21, 1959
Creator: Newkirk, H. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library