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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Owen Lee Kruger, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Nuclear Battery Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423251 ; 2523 / ; 264- 5 ;
Abstract
Process for enriching .sup.238 PuO.sub.2 with .sup.16 O and forming sintered fuel pellets therefrom comprising the steps of compressing a mass of .sup.238 PuO.sub.2 containing .sup.16 O, .sup.17 O and .sup.18 O into a pellet; exposing the pellet to an atmosphere of .sup.16 O and an inert carrier gas at an increasing temperature up to about 1400.degree. C with varied gas flow to obtain an exchange of .sup.17 O and .sup.18 O and the simultaneous sintering of the pellet; and cooling the sintered and exchanged pellet.