British Nuclear Fuels Plc

Thomas John Heal

Gregg Glenn Butler

James Edgar Littlechild

George M Gillies

Ronald Henry Watson

In a process for the conversion of uranium hexafluoride to an uranium oxide by injecting uranium hexafluoride and dry steam into a first region of a vessel so as to form a plume of particles of uranyl fluoride and reacting the uranyl fluoride in a second region of the vessel with a countercurrent flow of steam and/or hydrogen the operation of the process is such that a major proportion of the uranyl fluoride is caused to circulate within the first region so that the original uranyl fluoride particles are able to grow and agglomerate in a dendritic manner.

Conversion of uranium hexafluoride to oxides of uranium

Sintered nuclear fuel pellets of improved dimensional stability under irradiation are produced by controlling the production of voidage in the pellets during manufacture of the pellets.

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Lytham-St.-Annes, United Kingdom

Thomas John Heal